From: "Dave Ings" 

Here is one British trend I wish the US had resisted:

http://tinyurl.com/lq4rk
NEW YORK (AP) -- Along a gritty stretch of street in Brooklyn, police this
month quietly launched an ambitious plan to combat street crime and
terrorism. But instead of cops on the beat, wireless video cameras peer
down from lamp posts about 30 feet above the sidewalk.

They were the first installment of a program to place 500 cameras
throughout the city at a cost of $9 million. Hundreds of additional cameras
could follow if the city receives $81.5 million in federal grants it has
requested to safeguard Lower Manhattan and parts of midtown with a
surveillance ''ring of steel'' modeled after security measures in London's
financial district.

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Regards,
Dave Ings,
Toronto, Canada

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