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Citizen complaint of the day: Whose camera is watching the municipal parking lot in JP?
By adamg on Tue, 07/23/2019 - 9:14am
A concerned citizen files a 311 complaint about the camera watching the municipal parking lot behind Centre Street:
There are what appear to be privately owned cameras and surveillance equipment mounted to a city owned light pole and next to a city street sign at Burroughs Place and Burroughs Street.
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JP Gonna JP
n/t
rattle can and a ladder
then set up ANOTHER cam across the street to catch whoever comes to fix it
Just noticing?
It's been there for well over a year, and is actually pointed at the 7 Burroughs Street construction project (not the municipal parking lot). My guess is that the contractors had some equipment stolen and installed the camera to keep an eye on things.
Or Marketing purposes
Sometimes companies like the time lapse images of a building going up.
Either or. Or even, both.
Ha! Good one! Here it is,
Ha! Good one! Here it is, Sept 2018: https://www.google.com/maps/place/7+Burroughs+St,+Boston,+MA+02130/@42.3118702,-71.1148329,3a,15y,169.11h,98.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9d0bG_LCGXis6RoPYfyaWw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e3796e8747560d:0xe93c4fac653f66e!8m2!3d42.3119465!4d-71.1147021
Plot twist: 311 caller is
Plot twist: 311 caller is contemplating stealing the camera. Dibs!
camera or gun fire detector
It looks more like the gun fire detectors set up by the police department to help them locate where gun fire has happened.
No, those things are huge!
No, those things are huge! This just looks like a camera.
Shotspotter
Are you kidding? Have you ever seen one?
"city owned light pole"?
Maybe not, a lot of them are owned by a utility, constructed by Boston Edison or NET and now maintained by Eversource or Verizon.
Where's it getting power from
Where's it getting power from?
That's an Arlo Pro or Pro2
That's an Arlo brand camera, and it has the optional solar panel off to the side to keep it charged.
They are fully wireless.
If it's the Arlo Go, it even sends the video via LTE.