Secret Surveillance Web: 200 Neural Eyes
Hey chummers,
200 neural cameras watched every street for two years without anyone knowing. Police bypassed city law and tracked millions of faces in real-time.
The surveillance reality:
- 5,000+ camera network across the city
- Mobile alerts to cops when you're spotted
- Zero oversight from elected officials
- Continuous operation 2022-2024
City law explicitly banned this. Police did it anyway.
The neural web that processed your face without permission, chummer.
What They Built
Project NOLA gave police instant access to your location whenever their algorithm recognized your face. 200+ cameras with facial recognition feeding a real-time tracking system.
Your face hits the database → Algorithm matches → Cop's phone pings → You're found.
No warrant. No judge. No oversight.
The 2022 ordinance said facial recognition only for violent crimes. Police used it for everything.
The Legal Bypass
Here's how they did it: Private contractor network operating "beyond city oversight." Police claim they "paused" the program but state and federal alerts continue.
Translation: They got caught. Changed nothing.
ACLU calls it "unprecedented" - first time U.S. police ran continuous live facial recognition on entire populations.
The Processing Power
Every face captured. Every face analyzed. Every match archived.
Two years of processing millions of civilian faces against criminal databases. Automated alerts bypassing human review. Real-time tracking without constitutional protection.
The algorithm never sleeps. Never forgets. Never stops watching.
What This Means
Municipal law is irrelevant when contractor networks operate beyond democratic oversight. Constitutional protections are theater when surveillance technology transcends legal frameworks.
200 cameras proved sufficient for citywide facial tracking. Mobile integration enables instant enforcement. Continuous operation possible without detection.
The surveillance state is operational, chummer.
Every city. Every contractor. Every algorithm. The neural web spreads.
Walk safe,
-T
Sources:
- Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
- ACLU Sound Alarm on New Orleans Police Department's Secret Use of Real-Time Facial Recognition
- NOLA PD halts facial recognition alerts from private cams
- Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over First US City's Broad Use of Facial Recognition Tracking
- New Orleans police secretly used prohibited facial recognition surveillance for years
- New Orleans called out for sketchiest use of facial recognition yet in the US