alt Hacker NewsIn surveillance and police states like The Netherlands it has been used since forever:
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/mar/01/smart-cities-...
Now people will say again that this project has been abandoned, which just isn't true (2024):
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/06/smart-street-surveillance-o...
I was watching a crime solving show from the UK. A huge percentage of the crimes are solved using camera footage. Also, they use geofencing, looking at which phones went in and out of the crime location at the time of the crime.