# @pressherald on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C61VDxfrwwo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19492514-pressherald-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3b673bf949.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-05-11T15:33:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Portland Press Herald (@portlandpressherald) — https://gondola.cc/portlandpressherald

## Caption

Every 15 minutes at the Walgreens on Marginal Way in Portland, a robotic voice bellows a warning from a speaker 22 feet in the air. ⁠
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The poles, with flashing blue lights, solar panels, cameras and loudspeakers, are mobile surveillance systems, installed in the parking lots of some Maine businesses to scare off would-be criminals and curb growing retail theft. ⁠
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But critics argue that increased surveillance creates privacy concerns and may do more harm than good.⁠
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Read more through the link in our bio. Photo and video by @derekeldavis

## Stats

- **Views:** 8,333
- **Likes:** 204
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- **Comments:** 40

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Portland Press Herald | @portlandpressherald | https://gondola.cc/portlandpressherald | Newspaper |
| Erica Nitschke | @enitschke | https://gondola.cc/enitschke | Assistant Editor |

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