Montgomery County's increasing crime has apparently now gotten the attention of corporate boardrooms across America. Surveillance robots have begun popping up at major retailers and big box stores across the county in the late months of 2020. Walmart has been deploying these robots in their parking lots nationwide for several years, but they haven't been seen here much until now. The particular model pictured here at the CVS Pharmacy at 7809 Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda is by LiveView Technologies of Orem, Utah.
If you haven't seen one of these up close, you may have heard it without even being on the CVS property. The robot talks out loud all day and all night, and can be heard over a block away, if not clearly.
What is the robot doing? It is filming you, and capturing your license plate. No information on how long it stores your license plate, or what is done with that video, is posted on the robot. You can see that any movement within a certain radius of the robot triggers that blue laser light. There are thermal sensors, and the retailer has remote 24-7 access to the cameras and license plate information. A business can even use the same speakers the robot uses to jabber all night long to address patrons and trespassers alike from a remote location.
The robot has been seen recently at CVS stores in Rockville, Kensington, Silver Spring and Gaithersburg. There are two at the Lowe's in the Kentlands area of Gaithersburg.
These surveillance robots don't bother me at all. In fact, I feel better with them monitoring the parking lot to deter and catch criminal perpetrators. I wish we lived in a world where these cameras weren't necessary, but unfortunately democrats get elected to and service in public office.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the connection between elected democrats and surveillance cameras?
Delete@5:00 PM Let me help you out here. Democrats allow BLM/Antifa to riot and destroy other peoples property and then release them with a no-cash-bail policy. Why is every city that is out of control run by Democrats?
ReplyDelete@5:00 PM: https://observer.com/2014/07/not-so-camera-shy/
ReplyDeleteDemocrats actually love the surveillance state. You weren't aware of that?
Not to be confused with the red hat crowd currently rioting in DC at the moment.
ReplyDelete@1:24 PM: Oh so now you supposedly care about "law and order". That's funny. Did BLM or Antifa ever riot in DC?
ReplyDelete@1:24 PM So democrats burn cities, occupy buildings and damage private property for most of 2020 and you're ok with that. But then again, liberals whose ends always justifies the means can't really judge character when they have none to begin with.
ReplyDeleteBLM and Proud Boys have one thing in common; both are inspired by Donald J. Trump.
ReplyDeleteI live across the street on Fairmont and the robot voice is loud. Enough already. We already have to deal with the atrocious 7-11 parking lot noise and now this across the street all day and all night?
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