Look up your local cops on the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a searchable database called the Atlas of Surveillance. Enter your city, county, state, or the name of your local law enforcement agency, and it tells you what surveillance technology they're using. Boing Boing reports that Pittsburgh, for example, hosts Shotspotter acoustic sensors for gunfire detection and dozens of Flock cameras — license plate readers that police commonly use for broader surveillance purposes. It's a tool for anyone curious about what monitoring technology their local authorities have at their disposal.

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