East Lansdowne police have installed half of the 41 AI cameras it will be using to track criminals in real time along public roads and sidewalks, parking lots and public monuments, writes Brian Sheehan and Brendan Brightman for NBC 10 Philadelphia.
The cameras combine with AI to allow police to do a quick review of people, vehicles, and objects moving within a time frame.
The AI cameras do not record inside private residences or businesses.
“In this case, it covered a person’s window,” said East Lansdowne Police Chief James Cadden, pointing to a black square covering a private window in one of the camera views.
It also won’t read your license plate number or biometrically scan your face, he said.
The cameras show police what is happening before officers arrive and cut down on footage review time. Officers can search with keywords and identify key pieces of evidence.
“And it sees what they were doing immediately without having to go through the scrolling back and back, and ‘Oh, I went too far,’” Cadden said.
Cadden predicts it will be hard for anyone not to be seen entering or leaving East Lansdowne once all 41 cameras are installed. Read more of the latest about East Lansdowne police cameras at NBC 10 Philadelphia.
