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November 8th, 2015 
Awake Goy 
Federal, state and local governments have a plethora of technology they
use to “monitor” We the People, but few of us ever really considered the
local garbage collector as part of this web of surveillance. This
network of pseudo-spies is vast, numbering in the hundreds of thousands
and keeping watch on neighborhoods all over the country on a near-daily
basis. ~ J D Heyes
As reported by Blacklisted News, the
second-largest trash collection firm in the country, Republic Services,
“trains” its drivers to keep an eye on things under the guise of a
community watch program.
According to this local collection services web site:
The
“We’re Looking Out For You” Program is a crime prevention and safety
enforcement initiative that enlists the active participation of Republic
Services drivers, in cooperation with law enforcement and emergency
services, to reduce crime and maintain neighborhood safety.
Republic
Services drivers will be a neighborhood watch resource by serving as
extra and alert “eyes and ears” in the community.
Drivers,
supervisors and dispatchers are trained to recognize and report
suspicious activities in the communities that they serve.
In
addition, dispatchers are trained on procedures for reporting incidents
to local law enforcement or emergency services agencies.
Drivers
witnessing an emergency situation or suspicious activity relay the
problem to dispatch, which in turn, contacts the appropriate
authorities.
What could go wrong?
“As involved
members of the community we serve, we take our role seriously. In
addition to providing residents with first-class waste services, our
‘We’re Looking Out For You’ Program proves our solid commitment to you
and our community,” said Steve Carroll, Republic Services Division
Municipal Services Manager.
In some communities, such as Fairfield, California, local trash collection drivers have been the “eyes and ears” for police for years.
“We
want to partner with the community we service,” Division Manager Tony
Cincotta said. “It just makes sense. We’re out there anyway.”
This
calls to mind the Department of Homeland Security’s “See something, say
something” program; like Red China, America is becoming a nation of
neighbors spying on each other.
Like Republic Services, the DHS program is all based on maintaining happy, safe “communities”:
Across
the nation, we’re all part of communities. In cities, on farms, and in
the suburbs, we share everyday moments with our neighbors, colleagues,
family, and friends.It’s easy to take for granted the routine moments
in our every day-going to work or school, the grocery store or the gas
station. Every day is different than your neighbor’s-filled
with the moments that make it uniquely yours.So, if you see something
you know shouldn’t be there or, someone’s behavior that doesn’t seem
quite right-say something. Only you know what’s supposed to be
in your everyday.
What could go wrong?
Just ask residents in Seattle.
Trash cops
As Fox News reported recently, garbage men there have literally become de facto police officers:
When it comes to garbage, the city of Seattle has launched a waste war.
Nine full-time solid waste inspectors
have been hired as part of a controversial program to check city trash
to make sure people are recycling.Additionally, contracted waste
haulers have been effectively deputized as trash police, given the
authority to tag bins when people fail to recycle and compost enough.
Even
in liberal Seattle, residents believe there should be limits to
government encroachment, so the program is now at the center of a
lawsuit.
“I understand people have noble goals,” said Keli
Carender, who was left a notification two weeks in a row by trash cops
about items tossed away, an offense that soon could bring a fine. “But
at some point we have to say, you can’t violate my rights to achieve
this noble goal.”
Carender is one of about 14,000 Seattle-area
residential and commercial customers who has been tagged this year. The
stickers left by the trash cops warn customers that more than ten
percent of their trash content should have been recycled or put into
compost containers.
Be careful what you put in your garbage!
November 5, 2015 – KnowTheLies
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