US Park Police spend $343,000 on mobile surveillance cameras in Washington DC
Summary
The US Park Police leased mobile surveillance cameras for $343,000 to monitor areas in Washington, DC. The cameras come from a company that also provides equipment to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the move follows President Trump’s statements about vandalism at the reflecting pool.Key Facts
- The US Park Police signed a contract on September 14 to lease cameras from LiveView Technologies (LVT) until the end of February.
- The cameras are mobile trailers that can be moved and set up without permanent wiring.
- LVT’s camera systems include AI features like detecting loitering and reading license plates but do not use facial recognition.
- President Trump announced security cameras had been installed near the reflecting pool and warned vandals would face jail.
- LVT also leases many cameras to ICE, with contracts totaling millions of dollars in 2024.
- The company added a new "thermal-plus-visual" camera to detect people in low or no light by December.
- Some governments and members of the public have raised privacy concerns and questioned the reliability of LVT cameras.
- The Interior Department and LVT did not provide comments on the contract or camera locations.
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