‘Surveillance maximalism’: SFPD uses camera technology Israelis used to track Palestinians - The San Francisco Standard
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The San Francisco Police Department has purchased surveillance technology that has been deployed by Israeli authorities to monitor Palestinians in East Jerusalem. The platform known as BriefCam was developed by an Israeli tech firm and is able to synthesize thousands of hours of video using artificial intelligence, while tracking people with nearly the same accuracy as facial recognition, according to the company’s website (opens in new tab). SFPD’s version of the software does not include facial recognition tools. The SFPD, which began using BriefCam in August, paid $198,000 for a three-year contract, using federal grant funds meant to support its Real Time Crime Center’s new Regional Vehicle Interdiction Desk. The unit aims to combat vehicle-related crimes like carjackings, according to the department. Footage from private surveillance cameras can be put into BriefCam for analysis. | Source: Michaela Vatcheva for The StandardAdoption of the crime-fighting tool comes amid backlash to surveillance technologies like license-plate cameras from Flock Safety (opens in new tab).
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