Editing Medina, Washington (section)

==Surveillance==

In 2009, Medina, with the "wide support of residents", installed cameras at intersections along roads entering the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/medina-enclave-of-wealth-land-of-squabbles/|title=Medina: enclave of wealth, land of squabbles|last=Bach|first=Ashley|date=2008-04-16|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016030220/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/medina-enclave-of-wealth-land-of-squabbles/|archive-date=October 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The cameras are used to capture the [[license plate]] number of every car, and a security system automatically notifies local police if the captured number is recorded in a database.<ref name="cameras">{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009873854_medina16m.html|title=Cameras keep track of all cars entering Medina|date=September 16, 2009|publisher=[[The Seattle Times]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310133048/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009873854_medina16m.html |archive-date=March 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/where-billionaires-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-live-photos-of-medina-washington-2017-12|title=Jeff Bezos has passed Bill Gates to become the richest person in the world — here's the secretive waterfront town where both billionaires live|last=Jacobs|first=Harrison|website=Business Insider|access-date=2018-12-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721133732/http://www.businessinsider.com/where-billionaires-bill-gates-jeff-bezos-live-photos-of-medina-washington-2017-12|archive-date=July 21, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Travelers are notified of the presence of the system with signs that read "You Are Entering a 24 Hour Video Surveillance Area"; according to Medina's police chief, all captured information is stored for 60 days even if nothing negative is found in the database, allowing police to [[data mining|mine data]] if a crime occurs later.<ref name="cameras"/>  One of the city's council members said the system was motivated by the belief that the need for [[crime prevention]] "outweighs concern over privacy".<ref name="cameras"/> The system was inspired by that used in adjacent [[Hunts Point, Washington|Hunts Point]], a town of about 500 residents which has not had a break-in for more than three years after installing their system.<ref name="cameras"/>