The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico installed surveillance cameras on their buses a number of years ago. Up until September 2022, the bus surveillance feeds connected exclusively to the city's transit department. With the advent of a new law enforcement partnership, bus security camera feeds will now stream live to the Albuquerque Police Department (APD).
ABQ Ride, the transit agency serving Albuquerque passengers, has connected over 1,000 security cameras to APD's Real Time Crime Center, which links law enforcement to community and government live surveillance feeds. Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller detailed the partnership in a Monday press conference. "This enables [Albuquerque transit security officers] to see the same thing that APD is seeing and be able to work on issues they may have that are lower-level," said Keller, citing instances of shoplifting that utilized public transit in the city.