Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: Video Surveillance

  • Berlin-Kreuzberg: Social Democrats want to set up police station in left-wing scene district

    Berlin-Kreuzberg: Social Democrats want to set up police station in left-wing scene district

    Against the opposition of their own party, the Berlin SPD interior senate wants to station police permanently at Berlin’s „Kotti“. However, the senate fears a „partly anti-police scene“. Therefore, the new building will be protected by permanent patrols and more video surveillance. The interior senate led by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Berlin wants […]

  • Germany: Bavaria upgrades police aerial surveillance

    Germany: Bavaria upgrades police aerial surveillance

    The Bavarian government is stepping up police video surveillance. In addition to aerial observation and mobile camera vans, the interior minister announces research into facial, behavioural and pattern recognition. As probably the first German authority with security tasks, the Bavarian police creates a balloon for video surveillance. Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann conservative Christian Social Union […]

  • German authorities improve face recognition

    German authorities improve face recognition

    The Federal Criminal Police Office can search a database with almost 6 million facial images, the system is now being equipped with artificial intelligence Last week, the German Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer surprisingly moved away from plans to expand facial recognition in public spaces. He had demanded that the use of so-called […]

  • Arms companies benefit from migration in the English Channel

    Arms companies benefit from migration in the English Channel

    The market for border surveillance is booming. Two German companies are among the winners of the European policy sealing off their „blue borders“. The manufacturers of drones, radar systems and video surveillance can also be pleased. Border authorities in France now observe ship movements in the English Channel with German technology. A ship tracking system […]