[dave at farber.net: [IP] More Surveillance Cams in NYC]

[Steve Schear]

>       Often, however, no one is actually watching the cameras.
>Officials in
>Dillingham admit this on the town's Web site, and Mr. Velasquez
>acknowledges it,
>too. ''We know we are going to have monitoring challenges,'' he said.
>
>       Chicago is beginning a trial project using software that will
>sift through
>thousands of hours of video, trying to recognize unusual behavior,
>like leaving
>behind a suitcase.

Looks like a new opportunity to use Internet bandwidth and outsource.

Steve