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Aug 19, 2026
Surveillance in Syracuse
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13:02Patrick McCarthyGUEST
So around April and May of 2025, I had been following reporting from a really stellar digital publication, 404 Media, who's led so much of the developments in the license plate reader space.
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13:20Patrick McCarthyGUEST
And, you know, 404 broke that story about The Texas cops, who again had weaponized a statewide surveillance system to go after a woman seeking an abortion, all while framing it that they were looking after the woman's health and that it was a welfare check.
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13:38Patrick McCarthyGUEST
404 eventually also reported through internal emails that they had obtained that the police officers were brainstorming on what they could charge that woman with when they found her.
9 MINS LATER
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22:35Maximilian EileyHOST
What has your reporting shown about the impact of these cameras? Have they had a measurable impact here on public safety?