How It Works (at the moment - see below to join the effort!) By making this resource available to the public, we are providing another source of visual evidence.
#Live traffic cameras new york archive
The archive makes it possible to review footage after an event has taken place. But if the government can access all of this footage to monitor citizens then we should have access to monitor the police.Ĭurrently, to witness and document an incident using the DOT footage, you have to be watching the right camera at the right time and be ready to take a screenshot. The NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) provides public access to live streams of its traffic cameras on its website but it does not make recorded data available. The video of Martin Gugino getting pushed by police in Buffalo has been viewed more than 82 million times on Twitter, at the time of writing. We’ve seen military-grade weapons used against peaceful protestors thanks to the hundreds of people who filmed the June 1 Lafayette Square rally. We’ve watched as CNN journalists captured their own arrest on camera. If you experience or hear about a policing incident, you can use the archive to check the camera footage at the corresponding intersection and time.Ī Notify NYC text message alert and the corresponding DOT traffic camera footage showing police setting up barricades Inspired by Darnella Frazier, whose recording of George Floyd’s murder sparked a global movement, I am archiving NYC traffic camera footage with help from the NYC Mesh community to make it easier for the public to identify police misconduct.
Holding the police accountable requires witnessing, recording and sharing footage of their actions.
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