In Opinion: Here on PetaPixel, the focus is often on how people use cameras to create art. However, sometimes there’s an intersection between camera technology and ethics that is just as important, if less visually interesting.
found that surveillance cameras purchased using federal crime-fighting grants are being used to spy on, reprimand, and even evict public housing residents. Sometimes the alleged violations are minor.In Steubenville, Ohio, local officials installed a surveillance system under the guise of getting ongoing gang violence under control. However, asreporter Douglas MacMillan writes, “…residents of Steubenville public housing soon learned the cameras were pointed at them.
In New Bedford, Massachusetts, specialized software chews through hours of recordings in pursuit of people that violate overnight guest rules. Taxpayers are footing the bill for public housing agencies to spy on their residents. In some cases, this surveillance undoubtedly helps document legitimate and genuinely dangerous behavior., in many cases, based on extensive interviews with residents, legal aid attorneys, court records, and correspondence with housing administrators, the federally funded cameras are being used to punish and sometimes evict people over “minor violations of housing rules.
The spitting man, the woman who took the laundry cart, and even Melanie Otis were apparently being carefully observed for other reasons. When the property manager suspected Acabou’s ex-husband of subverting surveillance by departing through the back door, she installed a portable camera in the backyard that pointed at the rear entrance.The Washington PostSam Ackah, the security director for the New Bedford Housing Authority, says that the agency doesn’t aim to evict people and works to establish agreements with its residents.
“This sends a signal to the housing community that this is the type of technology that the department is cautioning against,” Blom said of the new grant guidelines.Many security personnel in public housing authorities, including John Stasiulewicz, a former detective who works for the Steubenville housing authority, views himself as an “arm of the police department.”
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