Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar...
by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:26PM
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Top-level comment by sandworm101:
> They are not hard to spot. Watch the media entrances of events, where the on-location vans drive through. Look for where traffic is routed through a single lane. Inevitably they will route traffic past an unmarked van. Or, look for an unmarked van trolling any parking lots within any security cordon.
That "look for where traffic is routed through a single lane" makes me strongly suspect there's going to be traffic officers in the very near vicinity.
Re:The NYPD Is Using Mobile X-Ray Vans to Spy on Unknown Tar...
by coldtea on Tuesday October 20, 2015 @06:46PM
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>That "look for where traffic is routed through a single lane" makes me strongly suspect there's going to be traffic officers in the very near vicinity.
In that case those "traffic officers" will be further down directing traffic to the van, not in the van's target.
The answer can even be ALWAYS, if remote controlling it is mandated by protocol.
>How often will it be operated remotely, and there's no other police in the immediate vicinity doing traffic control or some such?
That doesn't come into play at all. Do you think those kind of surveillance happens in busy streets with traffic control cops dancing around?