Surveillance on the Rise: Controversial Company SkyCop Sells Advanced Systems to US Police Departments!

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Memphis Police Department's system of over 2,000 “SkyCop” cameras is under scrutiny due to privacy concerns raised by community leaders after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols on 7 January. SkyCop is a privately-owned Memphis-based company that has a concentrated law enforcement presence throughout Tennessee and in Alabama and Mississippi. 

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Each camera records at all times and can be accessed by police officers or an employee at Memphis’ Real-Time Crime Center. While some community leaders say the city-wide surveillance system helps deter and prosecute crime, others argue that the robust network of cameras invades citizens’ privacy and does not actually make anyone safer. An investigation by the Daily Memphian in 2021 found that the cameras “rarely have helped in solving a crime.”

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