How surveillance crept up on us
Planet Money
- Published
- October 23, 2026
- Duration
- 34:36
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Oct 25, 2026
Discusses For years, police have spent billions of tax dollars on watching us, tracking us, and recording us. …
Summary
For years, police have spent billions of tax dollars on watching us, tracking us, and recording us. In the largest police department in the country, these surveillance systems were paid for and adopted without the kind of public oversight cities usually require. In the wake of 9/11, the New York Police Department built one of the most sophisticated and om…
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For years, police have spent billions of tax dollars on watching us, tracking us, and recording us. In the largest police department in the country, these surveillance systems were paid for and adopted without the kind of public oversight cities usually require. In the wake of 9/11, the New York Police Department built one of the most sophisticated and omnipresent surveillance systems in the country. And while decisions were being made about what tech to adopt and how much to pay for it, few out