Cons living in the past...wanting to build walls! *FACEPALM* One high-tech surveillance tool sits alongside a desert highway outside El Paso, roughly parallel to the end of the pedestrian border fence. The position commands a view of the Rio Grande valley, especially through the optical/infrared camera and ground-scanning radar mounted in the Fords flatbed. This year the Department of Homeland Security spent $5 million on these units. That machine can cover up to about a 15-mile radius, Gomez said. Now you have three agents out here, where before you had to have 15. Inside the Z Backscatter Van, a monitor displays a map of the area, flecked with green dots where the radar detects movement. An operator tells PM that based on the location and size of the dots, he can usually tell whether movement is caused by a vehicle or foot traffic. The second monitors real-time feed from the camera can pan and zoom as needed. If the operator spots potential trouble, he can radio other agents to investigate and then either transmit GPS coordinates to responding agents or guide them in by radio. popularmechanics/_mobile/technology/military/news/the-border-patrols-go-to-gadgets-16082896.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:24:13 +0000
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