There is a new $2 million surveillance system (installed by Texas, of course) at the Texas-Mexico border. There are 13 cameras installed at various points, allowing people to watch live, streaming video of the border, and play "virtual deputy," by reporting illegal border crossings via email.
Over 20,000 people have already signed up. Its free, so I just signed up to be a virtual deputy myself, but its fairly uneventful so far. I'm not even sure I would report anything if I saw it. Here, you can sign up too.
Is it effective? Well, after six weeks of operation, there had been only one drug bust - for over 500 lbs. of marijuana.
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