Thread: Volunteers sought to use high-tech border cameras over Inter

Volunteers sought to use high-tech border cameras over Internet
Jonathon Shacat



PALOMINAS — Glenn Spencer sat in front of a set of computer screens Wednesday morning in his office here and monitored activity along a nine-mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Using his mouse, he controlled the pan, the tilt, the zoom and the contrast of a thermal camera.

“This is the San Pedro River there,â€

This looks like something I can do.

http://www.virtualvolunteers.net/

VirtualVigilance.org is a project of American Border Patrol, a non-profit 501 c (3) corporation. Some of the cameras are located on its Arizona ranch, right on the Mexican border. ABP has been a pioneer in the use of technology on the border for the past six years.

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How Does It Work?
VirtualVigilance.org has cameras on and near the border that can be operated over the Internet. Volunteers sign up to watch these cameras. To maximize vigilance, viewing time is limited to thirty minutes, after which another volunteer takes over.

If suspicious activity observed ABP is notified. After experts confirm the sighting the U.S. Border Patrol is notified.

Note: Some of these cameras are solar-powered and are placed in remote locations.


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How Can I Get Involved?
If you want to help protect your country, sign up as a Virtual Vigilance volunteer. You will need a user name and password. Since we can't very well have smugglers operating the cameras, we will have to know who you are before we provide access to the system. So fill out this form and e-mail it to us. We will get back to you. All information is strictly confidential.

Originally Posted by Gogo

This looks like something I can do.

I was thinking the same thing myself!!

Why do I have the feeling that this is going to prove very successful?

When I looked closely, its not the US Border Patrol so I don't know enough about this organization to give them my personal information.

Your personal information is probably in better hands with American Border Control, a a non-profit 501c3 corporation than with any government agency, including the U.S. Border Control.