Texas Governor Rick Perry announced a plan that will help Texas “fill gaps in border security left by inadequate federal funding and action.†One part of the plan calls for surveillance cameras to be posted along the border, with the feed being made available not just to law enforcement, but also to the public at large – over the Internet. According to the press release, “The video will be available 24 hours a day and cameras will be equipped with night vision capabilities. When citizens witness a crime taking place, they will be able to call an 800 number and be routed to the appropriate law enforcement agency.â€
So it’s not that the technology is new, or that the live video access to government is a new (think of C-SPAN). Rather, what’s new is that Texas is using the technology to spread the role of governing beyond its traditional borders, presumably because it can't afford to do all the work itself.
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