Spycams not helping fight crime much
NBC 4 News
10/02/06
Many D.C. police said they had hoped that installing dozens of new surveillance cameras across the city would assist them in cracking down on crime, but the system does not appear to be working as planned. It was a very violent weekend across the D.C. area, with 11 people shot, four of them fatally. One of the shootings in the District was caught on one of the new cameras, but police said so far, the cameras have not been much help in any other case. ... The surveillance program has been in effect for about a month, but police said there has yet to be prosecution involving evidence used from the cameras. Some residents have mixed feelings on the cameras. 'Yes and no. Yes, because it's safeguarding the community. No, because it's like an invasion of privacy to look out your window and see a camera there,' said a community member...
http://www.nbc4.com/news/9985252/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
10/02/06
Many D.C. police said they had hoped that installing dozens of new surveillance cameras across the city would assist them in cracking down on crime, but the system does not appear to be working as planned. It was a very violent weekend across the D.C. area, with 11 people shot, four of them fatally. One of the shootings in the District was caught on one of the new cameras, but police said so far, the cameras have not been much help in any other case. ... The surveillance program has been in effect for about a month, but police said there has yet to be prosecution involving evidence used from the cameras. Some residents have mixed feelings on the cameras. 'Yes and no. Yes, because it's safeguarding the community. No, because it's like an invasion of privacy to look out your window and see a camera there,' said a community member...
http://www.nbc4.com/news/9985252/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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