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Thursday, March 13, 2008
"Police to employ extra 'eyes'" The Columbus Dispatch
Link: Police to employ extra 'eyes'
Robert Vitale
The Columbus Dispatch
March 12, 2008
Columbus will use surveillance cameras in neighborhoods and during public events such as Ohio State football games to help police fight crime and find criminals, Mayor Michael B. Coleman said yesterday.
The city will spend $1.45 million to install cameras in neighborhoods that want them, Coleman said. Some of the money also will be used for mobile cameras that will be mounted on police vans and portable towers and will be turned on during festivals, football games and other events.
Columbus has been studying surveillance cameras -- or safety cameras, as the mayor calls them -- for almost a year. They're used in cities such as Chicago, where police say they've cut crime by 30 percent...
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