‘Intelligence-Based Protective Agency’: Capitol Police Acquires Military Surveillance Technology to

[mystery-ak]

‘Intelligence-Based Protective Agency’: Capitol Police Acquires Military Surveillance Technology to Surveil Americans
July 13, 2021
Written by Ian Cheong

The U.S. Capitol Police will use surveillance equipment provided by the U.S. Army to monitor Americans as part of a massive effort to improve security and transform the Capitol Police force into “an intelligence-based protective agency” following the Jan. 6 riot in Washington D.C.

The USCP was given control over eight Persistent Surveillance Systems Ground – Medium (PSSG-M) units after a request to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was approved on June 2.

The state-of-the-art surveillance units will provide the USCP with high-definition surveillance capacity.

The same technology has been used during the war in Afghanistan to observe large areas at all hours of the day.

The USCP described the technology as “state-of-the-art campus surveillance technology, which will enhance the ability to detect and monitor threat activity,” per a statement last week.

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https://conservativebrief.com/police-military-surveillance-45091/

[mystery-ak]

The United States Capitol Police are going broke
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/the_united_states_capitol_police_are_going_broke.html

[Kamaji]

Congress' own version of the Gestapo.

[christian]

The police state, and unabashedly so, brought to you by NeverTrumpers and their false promises.

P.T.Barnum;  Sucker born every minute and two to take 'em.

[PeteS in CA]

As I posted in this thread about the same topic https://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,442112.0.html:

Ummmmm, this appears to simply be significantly improved definition plus night capability for an existing security camera network. IOW, a tempest in a teapot.

and

The liquor store and grocery stores half a mile from me have security cameras, probably several spread around the stores, inside and out. How is it an outrage that the US Capitol has a security camera network?

Further, while this upgrade might have resolution and night capabilities better than what is currently commercially available, those capabilities probably will be commercially available in a couple of years, and common a few years beyond that. How is US Capitol security cameras having excellent resolution and night capabilities an outrage?

[christian]

How can it be more true ?  We need better cameras to catch the public entering the Capital building, being ushered into the building by police, and bust them for high crimes and misdemeanors !  Just like the anarchist being bused in at the Capital, and Epsteins jail cell, the cameras will go out, at the times they could be caught and imprisoned or simply ignored.