The Houston Chronicle profiles Pref-Tech’s installation of security cameras for Super Bowl Live.

Houston police and private partners swiftly set up a cutting-edge surveillance system in and around the area of Super Bowl Live, with software that can automatically detect signs of terrorism or trouble.

Thirty-six new cameras now cover Discovery Green, from atop surrounding buildings or posted within, and feed footage live to three main command centers. At a smaller station inside Super Bowl Live on Friday, sixteen wide screens showed videos, statistics and web activity from the area. Green boxes honed in on every face that passed through one feed, and another showed thermal footage of an entry area.

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