"Fighting terrorism in New York"

After September 11, 2001, New York police officers were all over the city and heavily armed. They were on land, in the air, and in the water. New York was one of the main targets for terrorists because its home to the stocks and major businesses.

All over the city, there are 2000 cameras that feed into an undisclosed location control center. Everyone is seen. In my opinion, I think this has a large impact to peoples' privacy. Everyone in the city is being watched 24/7, similar to having a cameraman follow you wherever you go. What really amazed me was the amount of technology they use and rely on to protect against terrorism. The cameras that feed into this super computer have artificial intelligence. It can detect if a package is left at a certain location too long, which I thought it was cool. One time, a lunch bag was dropped and it was picked up by one of the cameras. Bomb squad was called in and the area was locked off. They take everything very seriously. At one point of the interview, Ray Kelly mentioned of having New York police officers all around the world. I was very confused of why that is, since they were "New York" police officers. Turns out they were used to act as "trip wires/listening posts" to protect New York. An example shown was the Madrid subway explosion, New York's subway station were closely monitored. Technology was being relied on too much to help against the terrorism. As we all know, technology can fail upon us. The citizens in New York are living under fear, not knowing if they'll live today or die tomorrow. Terrorism has now been known and defined. Everyone is being watch/monitored by someone else without their consent.

For more information: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7382308n&tag=contentMain;contentAux