Capitol Police to use Army surveillance system on Americans to ‘identify emerging threat’

Washington Times – by Joseph Clark

U.S. Capitol Police will begin fielding military surveillance equipment as part of sweeping security upgrades as the force becomes “an intelligence-based protective agency” after the Jan. 6 attack.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently approved a Capitol Police request for eight Persistent Surveillance Systems Ground – Medium (PSSG-M) units. The system provides high-definition surveillance video and is enabled with night vision. The system does not include facial recognition capabilities, the Pentagon said.

“This technology will be integrated with existing USCP camera infrastructure, providing greater high definition surveillance capacity to meet steady-state mission requirements and help identify emerging threats,” the Pentagon said.

The technology allowed U.S. troops fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to monitor large areas 24/7 through extremely high-resolution cameras.

Some privacy rights advocates have raised concern that Capitol Police are getting into the business of spying on Americans.

In a wartime application, the persistent surveillance units were mounted on tethered blimps. The data could be stored, combined with sensor data from other platforms, and later referenced or rewound to track individuals or groups.

The military could use the system to develop “pattern of life” analyses on suspected enemy combatants or intelligence targets in war zones. It could determine, for example, who was responsible for placing an improvised explosive device.

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3 thoughts on “Capitol Police to use Army surveillance system on Americans to ‘identify emerging threat’

  1. Guess the threat better emerge then, before they get their little stasi team in place then yeah.!

    Dirty mthrfkrs naked in our face totalitarianism

    1. Go fck yourself pigs. Your the only threat in this country. Threatening our absolute law. Funny thing is it’s your law to you brain dead fcks.

  2. “Some privacy rights advocates have raised concern that Capitol Police are getting into the business of spying on Americans“

    ROLMFAO! Here’s Washington Times trying to do their best to downplay it with a small bleak statement for oppositional support. What a joke.

    This goes waaaay beyond privacy rights and they know it. This is a clear declaration of war on us Americans using the new Stazi Capitol police that no one signed off on or voted for. They just all of a sudden came into existence and we are supposed to just do what they say or allow them to have ultimate control over us? It’s like TSA and DHS on steroids.

    Do we even vote on anything in this country anymore? When’s the last time we even had a say in any matter? I have long forgotten.

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