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CCTV policing

Recorded year1968

Cameras watch city streets in Olean, New York.

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Built on

Electronic televisionRecorded · 1927enables

Led to

Face recognition on CCTVRecorded · 1998enables
Police body camerasRecorded · 2014enables
The world continuously recordedForecast · ~2035enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.