Wealthy New York town installs network of 'Big Brother' cameras to background check every single car that drives through

From the UK Daily Mail:

A wealthy village is installing one of most extensive municipal surveillance systems in the United States in a controversial bid to crack down on crime.

Residents of King's Point in Long Island, New York are paying for 44 'Big Brother' style CCTV cameras to be installed covering its entire 3.3 square mile area.

On every single one of the 19 roads in and out of the village cameras will take pictures of passing vehicles, scan licence plates and check them against criminal databases.

When an offender or stolen car strays into King's Point an alert will be sent to the local police department.......read on