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yes exactly. and what seems to accompany the rise of surveillance societies is that not merely is physical police power (the actual invigilance of the police officer) vital, but an of archive of information to support its physicality is created - as you say.
its all about advancing the limits of what can be known about those deemed as deviant populations by storing information about those who (apparently) should be watched.
the satellite blimp thingy also seems to be an attempt to make visible the gaze of the state - though it might seem covert, if citizens all know they are being watched, the object becomes that people regulate their own behaviour without the intervening influence of state authority. This is the notion anyway.