007 RED Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Had to go to Nakhon Pathom immigration office today and I spotted these brand new BMWs parked under the covered area reserved for staff vehicles. As you can see they have consecutive police number plates and from the side it became obvious that they were immigration vehicles - the immigration badge just behind the front wheel arch. But what really caught my eye was what was mounted on the roof behind the emergency light bar. I asked one of the IOs about the vehicles and what was mounted on top of them. He smiled, but declined to make any comment. As I left I took a another look and it is definitely a CCTV camera which has appears to have pan/tilt/zoom facility plus built-in infrared lights for night time vision. It wasn’t possible to see inside the vehicle because of the very dark tinted windows, so I was unable to see what the camera might be connected to. So, anyone like to guess what these are for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jackdd Posted January 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2019 With such dark tinted windows they can't see at night, so at night they use the camera to see what's arround them. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NCC1701A Posted January 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, 007 RED said: So, anyone like to guess what these are for? facial recognition software. they can park and scan people walking by or zoom in . they scan the database for hits. also license plate readers. Edited January 22, 2019 by NCC1701A 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 24 minutes ago, 007 RED said: and it is definitely a CCTV camera if you get another chance, try to get a close up of the white label, could be a model number or manufacturers ID. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyyy Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Yeah last time i was at immigration up here i noticed they had three of them. They seemed to be pretty happy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, jimmyyy said: Yeah last time i was at immigration up here i noticed they had three of them. They seemed to be pretty happy about it. Well a bit better than a Yaris, misappropriated Thai gov funds I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 1 hour ago, jimmyyy said: Yeah last time i was at immigration up here i noticed they had three of them. They seemed to be pretty happy about it. Indeed many images found on the net of these BMWs with the "thing" at misc. immigration offices. Just that I could not find anything about the "thing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 facial recognition software. they can park and scan people walking by or zoom in . they scan the database for hits. also license plate readers.Upgraded with “ overstay recognition technology “ no doubt !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtoZ Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 How much these cost here without the extras? Obviously they need the up to date high tech cars to find illegal workers. Visiting places where these people may work is too much hustle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malt25 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I recently spotted one, BMW, in Sakon Nakhon. Not sure if it's based here of just passing through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varun Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Including the extra bells and whistles, kickbacks & contributions to the mia noi fund, each of these would be billed at 10 million baht apiece - minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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