After one month, border cameras nab one load of pot
Associated Press
Dec. 16, 2008, 7:09PM
EL PASO, Texas — A month after going online, a network of Internet cameras trained on the Texas-Mexico border is being credited with the arrest of three people and the seizure of about 550 pounds of pot.

Donald Reay, executive director of the Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition, said more than 1.8 million hits had been recorded since November's launch of the Web site where anyone can take a peek at more than a dozen cameras aimed at the border.

Reay, whose group has partnered with private Internet company BlueServo for the $2 million project, said "upward of 1,000 e-mails" have also been sent to local law enforcement by users.

Reay said Tuesday he could not confirm any other arrests and did not know how many cases might have been referred to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Reay said based on the early data, including an average camera watcher spending more than eight minutes on the site, the program appears to be a success. But he said it was too early to tell if the sheriff's group would ask for more money from the state when BlueServo's contract expires next year.
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You can go to this site set up an account and border watch

www.BlueServo.net
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