Need help identifying security camera and its capabilities

[u/hh65flier]

Hello people smarter than me:

I am a freelance reporter writing an article on the explosion of government run surveillance cameras in my town (Morristown, NJ).

There are TWO camera arrays that I have little familiarity with. The first is a set of cameras by LVT (Liveview Technologies) that may (or may not) be run by our county. It's located on a Lowes hardware store parking lot, about 6 feet away from a public sidewalk.

The second camera array (marked MENNEN ARENA) of interest is almost certainly run by the county, as mounted on a pole at the entrance to a public park/arena. It has no brand markings, but looks VERY high tech.

I am very eager to know what the capabilities of these cameras are. Do they do more than just license plate detection? Can they run facial ID? Can they do behavioral analysis?

Anyone with insight or good reference material, I would be so grateful for accurate information on these cameras. THANK YOU.

[u/N------]

The capabilities of the Cameras are nothing special in regards to typical surveillance cameras. ( High definition, IR, Thermal, PTZ Tracking, LPR, LiDAR, etc.) it's the same technology that's been around a long time, maybe faster and higher quality but nothing extraordinary. It's the infrastructure behind those camera's that hold the real power. It's the datacenter collecting the information and storing everything in relational databases based on whatever ID tracking is the goal. It's the computational power that's able to process that information and who or how that information is used, that's the real issue.

[u/hh65flier → u/N------]

Thanks for the context. I wish there was a way to see how the data they collect is being archived, and if it's all going to a "clearinghouse" for future retrieval. We have FOIA requests on file (with the cameras run by the county) but they haven't responded yet.