Besides the hidden cameras, typical domed cameras are littered through the subway system.
Photo: J.C.Rice
Some of the pipes above your head in NYC’s subway stations are actually hidden cameras.
Photo: J.C.Rice
[From article]
The cameras date to as far back as the 1990s, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said, but the agency revealed it prefers using other, equally covert “enhanced equipment” — even better cameras “that serve in a number of various capacities.”
Besides the hidden cameras, typical domed cameras are littered through the subway system.
The MTA described the cams as “antiquated” — yet some of the cameras found by The Post appeared to be housed in brand-new metal casings.
“They are covert cameras for high-priority areas or high crime,” one source noted. “They record, but can be monitored real-time if it’s deemed necessary.”
[. . .]
In all, there are more than 4,500 cameras throughout the subway system, according to the MTA.
Experts marveled at the cameras, which are housed in what look like electrical conduits.
“These are fascinating,” said Robert McCrie, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management. “What we are seeing is something very well adapted to the circumstance — not only in the sense that they look like a part of the industrial environment of the MTA, but also in the sense that they are positioned in ways to get people’s heads and shoulders.
“These add something different because the perp isn’t looking for it — because he doesn’t know what to look for,” the professor added.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/18/4500-cameras-in-nycs-subways-including-these-hidden-ones/
The hidden cameras in NYC’s subways
By Gary Buiso
New York Post
January 18, 2015 | 8:21am
[From article]
The cameras date to as far back as the 1990s, MTA spokesman Kevin Ortiz said, but the agency revealed it prefers using other, equally covert “enhanced equipment” — even better cameras “that serve in a number of various capacities.”
Besides the hidden cameras, typical domed cameras are littered through the subway system.
The MTA described the cams as “antiquated” — yet some of the cameras found by The Post appeared to be housed in brand-new metal casings.
“They are covert cameras for high-priority areas or high crime,” one source noted. “They record, but can be monitored real-time if it’s deemed necessary.”
[. . .]
In all, there are more than 4,500 cameras throughout the subway system, according to the MTA.
Experts marveled at the cameras, which are housed in what look like electrical conduits.
“These are fascinating,” said Robert McCrie, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management. “What we are seeing is something very well adapted to the circumstance — not only in the sense that they look like a part of the industrial environment of the MTA, but also in the sense that they are positioned in ways to get people’s heads and shoulders.
“These add something different because the perp isn’t looking for it — because he doesn’t know what to look for,” the professor added.
http://nypost.com/2015/01/18/4500-cameras-in-nycs-subways-including-these-hidden-ones/
The hidden cameras in NYC’s subways
By Gary Buiso
New York Post
January 18, 2015 | 8:21am
