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March 02, 2005
Mandating Cameras in Shopping Malls
County Councilman Kevin Kamenetz introduced a bill that would require operators of shopping centers with five or more stores to use video cameras to monitor the perimeters of parking lots, garages and other areas used by the public.
Shopping center owners covered by the bill would be required to maintain the video recordings for 72 hours and turn them over to police upon request. Signs making shoppers aware that they are being monitored would be required.
Cameras alone are not the most effective deterrent to crime, according to Bill Toohey, a county police spokesman. There were 96 bank robberies in Baltimore County last year, Toohey said, and all of those banks had video surveillance cameras. However, county police made arrests in 70 percent of those robberies - higher than the national average , according to Toohey. "The cameras helped us catch those criminals, but they didn't stop them from walking in the doors," Toohey said.
Link to paper in Baltimore
Posted by rshah at March 2, 2005 08:42 PM
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