Over the last three months, a group has been discovered deploying cameras on undisclosed street corners of Santa Ana in an operation meant to document the comings and goings of Santa Ana citizens.
The group in question? The Santa Ana Police Department.
These cameras aren’t regular street cameras; they are AI-powered cameras known as Automatic License Plate Readers capable of recording, analyzing and uploading information in less than a second. Santa Ana’s ALPRs are contracted through surveillance tech company Flock, but they plan to roll out Motorola brand cameras in the near future…