NOW TO OUR NEWS. 4 JAX I TEAM INVESTIGATION CONNECTED. ARE THEY HELPFUL TOOLS TO SOLVE
CRIME OR AN ENCROACHMENT ON
CIVIL LIBERTIES?
>> SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS SEEM
TO BE EVERYWHERE. AND IN SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY, HUNDREDS OF
SECURITY FEEDS ARE NOW
DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE TO THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. JUST LAST
WEEK, JACKSONVILLE SHERIFF
ANNOUNCED A SIMILAR PROGRAM. I
TEAM INVESTIGATOR AND MAXWELL
SHOWS US HOW THE NETWORK OF
CAMERAS IS WORKING TO HELP
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY DEPUTIES
WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION. AND
SHE EXAMINES THE CONCERNS
ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND YOUR
PRIVACY.
>> FROM TRACKING DOWN PORCH
PIRATES. TO KEEPING AN EYE ON
UNWANTED GUESTS. HOME CAMERAS
CAN COME IN HANDY. THEY CAN
ALSO COME IN HANDY FOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT, CATCH IN CARS ON
THE RUN AND EVEN PROVIDING
EVIDENCE OF A CRIMINAL ACT
INSIDE THE HOME. BUT
JACKSONVILLE, CRIMINAL DEFENSE
ATTORNEY CURTIS FALLGATTER
EXPLAINS THAT JUST BECAUSE
VIDEO EXISTS, IT DOESN’T
NECESSARILY MEAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT CAN USE IT. IF
POLICE ASK FOR YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO,
IF YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THEM
KNOW ISSUE OF THE 4TH
AMENDMENT. THAT’S THE ONE THAT
PROTECTS YOU FROM UNREASONABLE
SEARCHES AND SEIZURES BY THE
GOVERNMENT. FALLGATTER SAYS
POLICE NEED ONE OF 2 THINGS TO
WATCH YOUR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO,
YOUR CONSENT OR A WARRANT,
WHICH MEANS THERE WOULD NEED
TO BE PROBABLE CAUSE. THE
VIDEO WOULD SHOW EVIDENCE OF A
CRIME. IN SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
SHERIFF ROBERT HARDWICK AND
HIS TEAM WANT TO MAKE GIVING
CONSENT MORE EFFICIENT AND
HOPEFULLY SOLVE THE CRIME A
LOT QUICKER THAN WE NORMALLY
WOULD WITH THE OLD-SCHOOL WAY
YOU KNOW, KNOCKING ON YOUR
DOORS AND KIND OF SAYING, HEY,
YOU HAVE ANY CAMERAS. EARLIER
THIS YEAR THEY LAUNCHED
CONNECT SAINT JOHN’S. IT’S AN
ONLINE PLATFORM WHERE
HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES CAN
REGISTER THEIR SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS WITH THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE. IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE
OR 2 ON CONNECT SAINT JOHN’S
DOT ORG. CLICK CAMERA
REGISTRATION ON THE HOME PAGE
AND SCROLL DOWN TO CLICK.
REGISTER YOUR CAMERA. ENTER
YOUR CONTACT PUT IN YOUR HOME
ADDRESS, THE NUMBER OF
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CAMERAS.
YOU WANT TO REGISTER AND THEN
HIT SUBMIT. HERE’S HOW IT
WORKS. LET’S SAY THERE’S A HIT
AND RUN IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
AT THE COUNTY’S REAL-TIME
INFORMATION CENTER.
INVESTIGATORS CAN PULL UP A
MAP AND SEE IF ANYONE IN THE
AREA HAS REGISTERED THEIR
HOME. SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.
THEY’RE REPRESENTED BY THE
BLUE CAMERA ICONS. THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE CAN THEN
QUICKLY SEND AN EMAIL ASKING
THE HOMEOWNER TO UPLOAD VIDEO
THAT MAY HELP THEM FIND THE
CULPRIT.
>> BUT IT’S UP TO THEM THAT
THEY WANT TO SOME OF THE
CLARITY IS THAT WE DON’T HAVE
ACCESS TO YOUR CAMERA.
>> SO 122 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE
SIGNED UP SHARING THE
LOCATIONS OF 486 CAMERAS. THE
BIGGER OUR DATABASE GETS THE
QUICKER WE CAN SOLVE CRIME.
EVEN MORE POPULAR IS A
DIFFERENT FEATURE OF CONNECTS
SAINT JOHN’S, WHICH DOES ALLOW
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TO
DIRECTLY ACCESS SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO TO HELP THEM SOLVE
CRIMES. USING THIS PIECE OF
HARDWARE TO LEAVE THEIR
SECURITY FEEDS TO THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. SO FAR, JUST
BUSINESSES HAVE JOINED
INTEGRATING 670 SECURITY CAMS
INTO THE SYSTEM. THE SHERIFF
SAYS THE VIDEO WILL ONLY BE
ACCESSED BY THE ANALYST
DETECTIVES SUPERVISORS HERE AT
THEIR REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE
CENTER. HOW CAN BUSINESSES
REGISTERED WITH US? MAKE SURE
THAT THEIR SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
ISN’T BEING ACCESSED BY A BAD
ACTOR. THAT’S NOT THE
SHERIFF’S OFFICE WHEN YOU
ACTUALLY GO TO CONNECT SAINT
JOHN’S. AND THEN ALSO TO OUR
REAL TIME, INTELLIGENCE
PERSONNEL ACTUALLY WALK PEOPLE
THROUGH THE SYSTEM THAT WE’RE
ACTUALLY USING.
>> IT IS A SECURE CLOUD THAT
WE’RE USING FOR OTHER
DATABASES. NOW, AS WE SPEAK
GETTER IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE
SAY THE ONLY WAY THE
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND THIS
PROGRAM WOULD BE RELEASED
PUBLICLY.
>> IS IF IT’S USED AS EVIDENCE
IN A TRIAL. THE SHERIFF SAYS
THEY ALSO TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN
LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH
BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS.
WE WILL CONTACT YOU EVERY TIME
OVER ACCESS AND YOUR CAMERAS
ARE ACCESSING BY FAR. HE CAN
MAYBE USE THIS EXAMPLE. LET’S
SAY WE HAVE A HOMICIDE IN
PROGRESS. I THINK THE BUSINESS
UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE DIDN’T
CALL THEM FIRST. THIS VAST
NETWORK OF BUSINESS
SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS MAY ALSO
MEAN THAT VIDEO CAPTURING YOU
AT A STORE GAS STATION OR
HOTEL.
>> IS PART OF THE INTEGRATED
CAMERA SYSTEM AT THE SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
BUT YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT
BECAUSE THE CAMERAS LOCATIONS
AREN’T SHARED PUBLICLY UNLESS
THE BUSINESS CAN SENSE.
PRIVACY ADVOCATES LIKE ALBERT
FOXCONN WITH NEW YORK BASED
NONPROFIT THE SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY OVERSIGHT PROJECT
OR STOP SAY THIS IS
ENCROACHING INTO THE TERRITORY
OF UNREASONABLE SEARCHES. MANY
OF THE LEGAL SCHOLARS WHO
STUDY THINK UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
WHEN YOU GO FROM HAVING A
SINGLE CAMERA HAVING THIS
CANNOT BECAUSE CAN TRACK YOU
ACROSS ENTIRE CITY. BUT THIS
IS SOMETHING THAT THE COURTS
REALLY HAVING WRESTLED WITH
THE SHERIFF SAYS THEY’RE NOT
THERE TO SPY ONLY TO FOLLOW UP
AFTER A CRIME HAS HAPPENED.
WE’RE NOT JUST GOING TO
MONITOR AND BASICALLY GET ON
THESE CAMERAS UNLESS WE HAVE A
CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED.
ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE, THIS NETWORK OF
BUSINESS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS
IS ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO A SELECT
GROUP OF PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO
THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT.
>> AND AUTHORIZE LONGANNET. A
DATA WILL BE TRACKED AND
LOGGED AND MAXWELL CHANNEL 4,
THE LOCAL STATION.
>> AS FOR DUVAL COUNTY,
SHERIFF TK WATERS ANNOUNCED A
SIMILAR PROGRAM LAST WEEKEND.
SO FAR, 834 CAMERAS HAVE BEEN
REGISTER WITH CONNECT DUVAL
TOMORROW NIGHT. YOU’LL HEAR
ABOUT THE SHERIFF’S PLANS FOR
THOSE CAMERAS AND HOW
DETECTIVES WILL USE THEM. IT
INVESTIGATED VIC MICOLUCCI
SPOKE WITH LEADERS OF
JACKSONVILLE’S LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND LEARNED HOW JUST TODAY
CAMERAS WERE USED TO FIND A