Maryland’s surveillance technology, as reported

Press coverage naming Maryland or a jurisdiction within it — each story tagged with the technology it covers. 18 stories

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Aug 27 Project Baltimore has uncovered a flaw in the system designed to alert Baltimore County schools when an employee is arrested.
facebook.com
Aug 26 Local police departments spend millions on high-tech surveillance
Streetcar Suburbs Publishing
New contract
Aug 26 Was your license plate searched in Flock? Colorado drivers can check
AOL.comalso carried by 1 other outlet
Aug 14 FAA bans drone flights around Maryland State Fair grounds
CBS News
Aug 10 Laurel City Council approves $89,000 purchase of police drones
Streetcar Suburbs Publishing
New contract
Aug 10 St. Mary's sheriff's office requests funding for license plate reader
SoMdNews.com ($)
Aug 7 Flock Safety cameras become flashpoint in Salisbury community
DelmarvaNow.com ($)
More coverage: WMDT
us/md/wicomico/city/salisbury
Aug 5 Can AI Technology Really Stop School Violence Before It Happens?
Security Info Watch
us/md/montgomery/scd/montgomery-county
us/md/baltimore/scd/baltimore-county
Aug 4 What could possibly go wrong? Everything. Instead, how about those school systems take that money and spend it on providing more mental health clinicians INSIDE the schools to address the increasing mental stress of being a school-aged child and increas
LinkedIn
New contract
us/fl/leon/city/tallahassee
Aug 4 Rep. Harris announces more than $91K in federal grants for local police
WBOC TV
New contract
us/md/wicomico/city/salisbury
Aug 4 Maryland police agencies get federal grants for equipment
WBAL-TValso carried by 1 other outlet
New contract
us/md/cecil/town/elkton
Aug 4 The fact that installing armed drones is a legitimate expense in schools rather than hiring mental health counselors and social workers tells you all you need to know about America.
LinkedIn
New contract
us/fl/leon/city/tallahassee
Aug 4 Mithril Defense has installed armed drones in 9 American schools. The system relies on AI cameras to detect signs of danger, but they use the same class of camera that mistook a bag of Doritos for a gun. The company’s Campus Guardian Angel drones sit in c
LinkedIn
New contract
Aug 3 New Howard County police monitoring center links cameras across the county
Streetcar Suburbs Publishing
Jul 31 ‘Worth every penny’: Harford sheriff debuts automated drones, each with $70K annual cost
Baltimore Sun ($)
Jul 30 NAACP seeks answers on Salisbury’s Flock camera network
WBOC TV
us/md/wicomico/city/salisbury
Jul 30 License Plate Reader Planned For Route 5 To Help St. Mary’s Deputies Track Stolen Vehicles, Solve Crimes
The BayNet
Jul 24 Md. Governor Touts Police Tech Investments as Crime Rates Fall
officer.com

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