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A controversial New Orleans nonprofit that operates a centralized system of thousands of “crime cameras” appears to be using its vast surveillance network against workers.
Project NOLA, founded in 2009 by former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Officer Bryan Lagarde, operates and monitors more than 5,000 cameras mounted on private property across the city, purportedly to prevent crime. However, according to a June 24 Facebook post from Project NOLA, the organization’s extensive surveillance system may also be used to monitor local construction workers…