LA Sheriff's Dept. On New Surveillance Program: We Knew The Public Wouldn't Like It, So We Kept It A Secret
As we’ve noted several times before, law enforcement and investigative agencies tend to roll out expanded surveillance systems without bothering to run it by the citizens they’re planni…
· archived 5/20/2026, 8:50:26 AMcached html silverscarcat (profile) says: April 17, 2014 at 7:39 am There is a limit to how far people can be pushed... And no amount of Orwellian surveillance will save your life when you push too far. Collapse replies (1) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [2] Babylonandon says: April 19, 2014 at 7:53 pm Re: There is a limit to how far people can be pushed... And THAT is what they have all those SWAT teams, MRAPS, armed robots, fully automatic firearms, military grade body armor, and other toys for. Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Jay (profile) says: April 17, 2014 at 8:04 am The public... “The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is using?a new surveillance program utilizing the technology of a private contractor doing business under the not-scary-at-all name of “Persistent Surveillance Systems.”” Well no wonder people are PSS’d at LA police… Collapse replies (3) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [2] Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 9:39 am Re: The public... I just love the use of the phrase “as they scurry about the city” scurry is a word usually reserved for vermin, like rats… Collapse replies (2) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [3] Mason Wheeler (profile) says: April 17, 2014 at 11:07 am Re: Re: The public... That’s… actually rather apt for Compton. Collapse replies (1) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [4] Hitler says: April 17, 2014 at 7:28 pm Re: Re: Re: The public... Yeah, I don’t like those people either. Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 8:12 am Of course there's no chance That one of the psychopaths on the police force would ever avail themselves of this data in order to stalk anyone. Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 8:30 am Okay, so the cat is out of the bag. What happens next? Resounding silence? Because as he already said “The system was kind of kept confidential from everybody in THE PUBLIC” (my uppercase). So the local pols were all on board and they also kept it from THE PUBLIC (you know, the people who elect them) ? That seems to be the implication. Collapse replies (4) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [2] PRMan (profile) says: April 17, 2014 at 11:36 am Re: Re: What’s next is some hacker finds the database and posts the whole thing on Wikileaks. Collapse replies (3) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [3] Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 1:00 pm Re: Re: Re: Or… doesn’t post it to Wikileaks Instead they sell it, or use it for their own nefarious purposes. When such data exists, the temptation is simply too great to use it for evil, that’s why it should never be collected in the first place. Collapse replies (2) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [4] Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 1:18 pm Re: Re: Re: Re: I could see someone hacking the feed and then using the technology to keep tabs on where cops are so that a criminal could escape. Don’t even have to hack the feed just get your own version up an running if you have the money. Collapse replies (1) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [5] Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 2:17 pm Re: Re: Re:2 Re: All we need now is to have the system linked up to armed drones… Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 8:33 am Just wait Until they figure out they can use this system to send out speeding tickets and pile on extra fines/charges when they rue it to investigate a serious crime or vehicle collision. Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 8:44 am As they say, it’s easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission. Collapse replies (1) Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Threaded [2] Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 11:09 am Re: Re: Its really not, i lost my best friend because he did something with that attitude in mind, fuck that…if you are thinking that your a selfish selfish person. Reply View in chronology Make this comment the first word Make this comment the last word Anonymous Coward says: April 17, 2014 at 8:45 am “Yeah, we knew the public would hate us for imposing this dystopian nightmare on them, so we did it anyway and ...