http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20021213-96845895.htm Cameras mulled for neighborhood watch By Brian DeBose THE WASHINGTON TIMES December 13, 2002 The D.C. Council yesterday debated a bill to put District neighborhoods under video surveillance under a pilot program to test the effectiveness of cameras on street crime. "It is almost out of necessity that I support them because we don't have meaningful police presence in our neighborhoods," said council member Jim Graham, Ward 1 Democrat. Adrian Fenty, Ward 4 Democrat, and other council members said that they feared such a pilot program would lead to an unstoppable proliferation of the technology in the District. "I am struggling to find support for these cameras, given the constitutional issues being raised," Mr. Fenty said. He added that not counting the cameras installed downtown by the Metropolitan Police Department, federal agencies have cameras -- "possibly hundreds" -- that Congress and the council are not aware of. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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