Police Surveillance Camera Focused on Woman's Bedroom Window

Authorities were settling a personal score with her father

Recently I wrote about an ACLU of Michigan report that highlighted the problem of police cameras being installed outside of people's private homes. Last week I learned from my colleague Doug Bonney of the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri about an even more egregious incident involving video surveillance of a private home in Missouri. Bonney described the situation to me:

"We found out about it from our client Stephanie Santos who was subjected to the surveillance. It happened in Platte City, which is a small city north of Kansas City. The police department went in and installed a wildlife camera in a tree in a privately owned vacant lot right next to her property. And they focused the camera on her home—the back yard of her home, and specifically her bedroom window."

Comments

[Metazoan]

shocking, just shocking

[Pound. Head. On. Desk.]

She should plant a pair of 4″x4″ posts supporting a plywood sign reading, “THIS CAMERA IS PROOF THE PLATTE CITY POLICE ARE PEEPING TOMS” on both sides in big, black block letters on a yellow background.

[Pound. Head. On. Desk.]

Positioned so it’s all the camera can see, I mean.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I have to admit that it sounds like the city responded well.

[TomHardy]

That is kind of a terrible police approach. I think setting security cameras on woman’s bedrooms or windows is not generous at all. I can’t accept such procedure of interrogation. Thanks.
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[normanaron]

Completely shocking observation of mine of this morning! Security cameras supposed to install in the criminal movement areas and woman’s bedroom window is not a perfect place for monitoring. Thanks.
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