WHYY: Delaware County law enforcement plans to build a ‘real-time crime center’

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is a nonprofit research organization based in D.C. focused on emerging privacy issues. Jeramie Scott, senior counsel at EPIC and director of their project on surveillance oversight, has seen his fair share of similar programs across the country.

“My first impression of looking at the funding for this project is that this looks a lot like mass surveillance,” Scott said.

Scott said mass surveillance is antithetical to democracy.

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