Baltimore police secretly using aerial camera surveillance, report says
The Baltimore Police Department has been using an aerial surveillance system borrowed from the Iraq War, according to Bloomberg.
The Baltimore Police Department has been using an aerial camera surveillance system repurposed from the Iraq War since January, a Bloomberg report says.
The report published on Tuesday says Dayton, Ohio-based Persistent Surveillance Systems gave the Baltimore police a Cessna airplane outfitted with high-resolution cameras able to cover roughly 30 square miles and transmit images in real time for analysis and long-term archiving.
Officers have relied on the monitoring technology to solve a variety of crimes, including burglaries, hit-and-runs, and homicides. However, Bloomberg claims Baltimore never alerted the public to the privately funded surveillance system.