| Why The Commissioner Was Moved
To Action - Surveillance Article
Sandy knew she was on to something
every time she would swing by the towing company. As the city's
newest investigative reporter, she wanted to make a name for
herself. So when one of her viewers tipped her off that the city's
towing contractor was secretly replacing air bags from the cars it
was impounding, she thought she could finally create a major impact.
The first time she brought her camera crew out to the impound lot,
she pretended to be picking up her car. Though her escort's patience
was wearing thin as they walked the lot, Sandy was sure
she caught a glimpse of the culprits in the act. Confident that she
could capture the moment on freeze-frame, she hustled back to the
news van a few blocks away.
To her dismay, she learned that the expensive wireless transmitter
she was using just wouldn't work on the lot. Whether someone was
jamming them or it was just some atmospheric disturbance, her team
couldn't tell. Either way, the signal had cut out about two minutes
into the operation, so Sandy would have to find another way to
capture that image.
Sandy knew she had to find a way to record what was happening - the
brazen thieves were looting cars in broad daylight! Surfing the web
for ideas, Sandy found her solution. The Pocket Digital Video
Recorder was about the same size and weight as a
paperback mystery novel. She could hide it in a fanny pack or a
pouch, and record all the video she wanted - up to forty hours, if
she really needed to.
Two days later, she confronted the city commissioner in the hallway
outside his office. He tried to brush her off, telling her he had no
time for crackpot conspiracy theories. So Sandy held the Pocket DVR up to his face. On the bright LCD display, he could
see two junkyard workers ripping up a car. Their voices were loud
and clear on the DVR's built-in speaker. The mural on the wall was
unmistakable - Sandy had clear proof.
"Can I get a copy of this?" ask the commissioner.
"Got a computer handy?" replied Sandy.
Sandy gleefully attached her DVR to the commissioner's
laptop, and copied over the digital video files. Not only did he
commit to confronting the towing company's owners, he planned to
show the video to a closed committee meeting so they could suspend
the wrecker's contract.
That afternoon, Sandy's editor used the DVR's built-in composite
video output to dump the footage to tape. It worked just like any
other VCR or camcorder, and by the time that evening's newscast was
over, viewers were filling up Sandy's voicemail with words of
thanks.
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