City of Phoenix Plans 48 Cameras .... $2 Million

[icpilot]

Saw this local news story about the City of Phoenix Police Department request for a $2 Million approval for replacement of 33 outdated security cameras and installation of 15 new wireless cameras in the downtown Phoenix area. Justification is crowd control for the upcoming Super Bowl in 2023. Looking more closely at the financial breakout (see attached PDF presentation) it shows $200k for the replacement costs and another $200k for the wireless infrastructure and new 15 cameras.

Seems like those are some pricey cameras.....

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

Anyone who do this kind of project will be crazy rich!

 

[bp2008]

Heh. They have that much budget and are only able to do wireless linking. I guess it is a good thing they are not trying to install a wired network. The cost would be in the billions!

 

[bp2008]

I hope they are at least not going to be using standard wifi frequencies for the radio links.

 

[Zook]

I hope they are at least not going to be using standard wifi frequencies for the radio links.

I hear they're going to be using ring doorbell cams.

 

[wittaj]

I thought it was the reolinks in Phoenix and the Ring in Beijing

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

The best way is to call the police department if can offer that project for our members here to do, lots of specialist here, Maybe 3-4 guys can do this project easily, do 20% off...still can earn 1.5 Millons USD at least.

 

[Zook]

The best way is to call the police department if can offer that project for our members here to do, lots of specialist here, Maybe 3-4 guys can do this project easily, do 20% off...still can earn 1.5 Millons USD at least.

I will meet your guys in Mexico and we'll still get that $450,000 EACH when we get "separated" crossing the border.

 

[TVille]

Most of the time when "opportunities" like this arise, they turn it from beef to pork. In this case, I suspect that the "infrastructure" will be used, or at least planned, for other things. The problem with such planning is that it is never finished. They think of all sorts of big, wild ideas, and never layout a plan for it, because they don't have funding. They sell it as they need this infrastructure for the cameras, and it costs five to ten times what the cameras really need. It's what government does...

 

[mat200]

Most of the time when "opportunities" like this arise, they turn it from beef to pork. In this case, I suspect that the "infrastructure" will be used, or at least planned, for other things. The problem with such planning is that it is never finished. They think of all sorts of big, wild ideas, and never layout a plan for it, because they don't have funding. They sell it as they need this infrastructure for the cameras, and it costs five to ten times what the cameras really need. It's what government does...

Indeed .. Government waste .. amazing ..


Thanks to @David L for sharing this one:

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