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So You Thought You Knew A Thing Or Two About #Trapwire ? Think Again...
NYPD released information on an earlier Domain Awareness System in 2009 in response to a citizen push-back such as a 2004 Chatham Green/ACLU law suit. (Chatham Green the name of a housing complex adjoining NYPD Headquarters negatively impacted by security apparatus)
It is not yet clear how the new version, developed with Microsoft, differs from the earlier one. It may be that the name has been retained to avoid having to conduct environmental impact and other mandated studies done for the 2009 version -- an evasion tactic amply used by governmental and corporate interests.
The Domain Awareness System is a component of a much broader, global surveillance system of the NYPD. A recent HOPE9 video on the topic:
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