[Infowarrior] - NYPD's 'Operation Sentinel' To Track EVERYTHING

[Richard Forno]

NYPD's 'Operation Sentinel' To Track EVERYTHING
Radiation Censors, Surveillance Cameras Used To Screen & Follow Every  
Vehicle Entering Lower Manhattan
Plan Aims To Provide Security Blanket Against Terrorist Attack

http://wcbstv.com/cbs2crew/operation.sentinel.nypd.2.793133.html

Reporting
Deborah Garcia

NEW YORK (CBS) ― The NYPD is working on a plan to track every single  
vehicle that enters Manhattan.

The initiative, called "Operation Sentinel," is aimed at preventing  
terror attacks. With the use of cameras and radiation censors, police  
plan to track anything and everything that enters the Big Apple.

The New York Police Department wants to photograph the license plates  
of every vehicle coming into Manhattan and keep the image and  
information in a database.

The proposal is part of a multimillion dollar plan to secure lower  
Manhattan. It includes cameras, license plate readers and radiation  
detectors.

They would be set up at 7 vehicle crossings, which include 4 tunnels  
and 3 bridges:

-The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel

-Holland Tunnel

-Lincoln Tunnel

-Queens-Midtown Tunnel

-George Washington Bridge

-Henry Hudson Bridge

-Triborough Bridge

Smaller bridges like the Willis Avenue and Macombs Dam will also be  
included in the proposal.

It is unclear exactly when "Operation Sentinel" would be complete, but  
the lower Manhattan initiative part of the plan to secure the city's  
financial area, is expected to be in place by 2010.

If after a month a registered license plate number is of no use to the  
police, it will be erased from the system.