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Sep 29, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
One thing running through my mind yesterday while I was involved in a community effort to help an injured person in a mental health crisis on an International corner is like, this is awesome, we are almost certainly being recorded by a Tempo platform camera the whole time
I thought about all the contentious difficult things people in these neighborhoods, corners in ESO, have to deal with everyday, and yep, we now dealing with those things under 24/7 ALCO Sheriff accessible video surveillance! Whooop!
It was either get into a difficult situation on camera or not do anything. What a great feeling.
The reason this happened with so few people concerned is because the target audience all thought, "what, the worst that could happen is they record me getting a taco when I dip into that neighborhood for the only thing it exists for."

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