SEPTA has 17,000 cameras watching the riders?

[ReadingAve]

WTXF did a story today of the SEPTA police and their apprehension of fare jumpers. In the story, they said "Seventeen thousand cameras are focused on platforms and trains". I'm assuming that figure includes the in-car cameras as well.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/263114 ... re-jumpers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My guess is the vast majority are not monitored in real-time but are recorded for later reference if necessary.

17,000. Wow.

[sammy2009]

I seen the story last night. I never really wondered how many cameras SEPTA had ?. I guess 17,000k sounds like a reasonable number. Well that 17k camera's saved them $11,000,000 Million dollars I read somewhere a few weeks ago.

[glennk419]

WTXF did a story today of the SEPTA police and their apprehension of fare jumpers. In the story, they said "Seventeen thousand cameras are focused on platforms and trains". I'm assuming that figure includes the in-car cameras as well.

http://www.myfoxphilly.com/story/263114 ... re-jumpers" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My guess is the vast majority are not monitored in real-time but are recorded for later reference if necessary.

17,000. Wow.

Actually, it sounds like many of them are actively monitored if they can have the police waiting for the perps at the next station. It may be a case of them targeting a couple different stations each day but it certainly does look effective and the numbers bear that out. I'd love to know how many of those summonses actually get paid and if there are criminal charges if not.

[loufah]

The camera at the Aronimink trolley stop, which is pointed toward the interior of the sheltered waiting area, works but wasn't monitored. No publicity about the daytime beating there a couple months ago until the perp's friend posted a cellphone video on Facebook a week later.

[SCB2525]

They probably do actively monitor the cameras focused on turnstiles and the busiest concourses and record the others. Also, when they are called with a tip they can monitor the relevant camera live and also see the recording.

There was some article I saw that says SEPTA outnumbers PPD cameras by something like 10:1 and PPD has been solving more crimes more quickly by using SEPTA footage from buses and outside stations. Good. I'm still waiting for the text-to-police system SEPTA announced as forthcoming so I can report the frequent quality-of-life crimes I see occur without drawing attention to myself.

[60 Car]

I don't think that camera at Aronimink is a SEPTA camera.
It's on the bank building. If it was a SEPTA camera, it would be on one of the poles on the SEPTA property.

[BuddCar711]

I don't think that camera at Aronimink is a SEPTA camera.
It's on the bank building. If it was a SEPTA camera, it would be on one of the poles on the SEPTA property.

Not necessarily. SEPTA may have exercied easement right pertaining to that camera on the bank building.