From: "Rich Gauszka" 

While 500 seems a lot, NYC already had 3,100 in housing projects and 1,000
in subways. I suppose it may help ( as with the British experience ) to
identify bombers afeter the fact but it seems that's about all they may be
good for

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/16/AR2006041600371
.html

Lieberman concedes cameras can help investigators identify suspects once a
crime has been committed, but argues they can't prevent crime. She cited a
2002 study which concluded that surveillance cameras used in 14 British
cities had little or no impact on crime rates _ just as they didn't keep
terrorists from bombing the London subway system last year.


"Dave Ings"  wrote in message news:4443b52d{at}w3....
> 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.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
>
>

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