Security firms are turning NYC’s street trees into surveillance posts for guards

Jake Offenhartz reports:

New York City’s security companies are embracing a new tool in their mission to protect private property: public trees.

In recent months, security contractors have quietly drilled electronic “tokens” into the trunks of city street trees. Guards scan the trackers with their phones, providing real-time data on the status of their patrols.

Read more at Gothamist.

h/t, Joe Cadillic