Article: Chicago, IBM to announce high-tech security system

CHICAGO (AP) - A car circles a high-rise three times. Someone leaves a backpack in a park.

Such things go unnoticed in big cities every day. But that could change in Chicago with a new high-tech surveillance system that would recognize such anomalies and alert authorities to take a closer look.

Today, the city and IBM will announce the initial phase of what officials say could be the most advanced video security network in any U.S. city. In other words, the City of Broad Shoulders is getting eyes in the back of its head.

"Chicago is really light years ahead of any metropolitan

area in the U.S. now," said IBM executive Sam Docknevich.

Chicago already has thousands of security cameras in use ...

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