home security measures
Realistically, though, if police want video for an investigation, they can seek a search warrant. Tech industry analyst Carolina Milanesi said engaging with police and offering incentives is a "very smart move by Ring" and a missed opportunity for competitors, including Google's Nest and smaller companies such as Arlo Technologies and SimpliSafe. But a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California called the system "an unmitigated disaster" for the privacy of many neighborhoods. Through the subsidy programs, Amazon "gets to offer, at taxpayer dime, discounted products that allow it to really expand its tentacles into wide areas of private life way more than it already has," Mohammad Tajsar said. The Los Angeles suburb of Arcadia has spent $50,000 to offer discounts on 1,000 cameras. Several other communities in the region also participate in subsidy programs, and officials in Los Angeles County just voted last month to get on board. Officers can view a "heat map" that shows the general area where cameras are, but they do not see a camera's actual location. If police want a video, they must contact Ring to see if the resident is willing to share, said Jennifer Brutus, senior management analyst for the Arcadia Police Department. Arcadia launched its program at the end of 2017, and in the following year, the city saw a 25% decrease in residential burglaries, Brutus said. It's hard to quantify how much of that is directly related to Ring, but she said the devices act as a deterrent. In one case, a doorbell camera
caught footage of four
burglary suspects trying to enter a residence.
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The organizations participating in GAAT are hopeful that their research anddevelopment
efforts will extend the identity of Atlanta and Georgia ashighly accessible travel and tourism destinations. Their efforts should one day help Georgia residents and visitors withdisabilities navigate transportation facilities easily, experience smoothair travel, find accessible hotels and inns, experience attractions andexhibits, and have a thoroughly enjoyable experience in Georgia. For more information on G3ict, please visit To become involved in these meetings, please contact Francesca Cesa . Trina Bolton is a graduate of George
Washington University where she majoredin International Affairs. She was employed in the corporate relationsdepartment of the Brookings Institution in Washington for several yearsthereafter and has since worked on various arts and journalism projects inAtlanta. She plans to attend graduate school for a master's degree in publicpolicy. She loves dogs, crossword puzzles, happy hours and running. 2008 The Agio Press, Inc. This material may not bepublished, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without expressedpermission. Reproduced from fourtwentymusic.
