Enhanced 911 calls data raises concerns
The city signed onto a $9 million upgrade of its 911 call centers this week that the Bloomberg administration says will greatly increase first responders' ability to receive and sort through emergency data.
The upgrade allows responders to bundle information from emergency calls and send it out to cops in the field and prosecutors in a courtroom if needed in a criminal investigation
The deal comes on the heels of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's visit to London, where he expressed a desire to duplicate its "Ring of Steel" surveillance system that blankets that city in a web of cameras providing real-time video feeds to law enforcement personnel.
The city had already announced plans to install 3,000 cameras by the end of next year in lower Manhattan to read license plates of cars entering the city.
