BALTIMORE PUTS VIDEO CAMERAS ON CITY STREETS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. In a move reminiscent of the society depicted by George Orwell Noun 1. George Orwell - imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950) Eric Arthur Blair, Eric Blair, Orwell in his book "1984," city officials said Friday that video cameras would be installed all over downtown to watch for criminals. Police have set up the first two cameras near Lexington Market Lexington Market is a historic market in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The main market is housed in two large buildings on the north corners of the intersection of Paca and Lexington Streets. , a popular indoor food bazaar plagued by crime and loiterers. By next year, they hope to have every block in downtown Baltimore Downtown Baltimore is the section of Baltimore traditionally bounded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard to the west, Mt. Royal Avenue to the north, President Street to the east and the Inner Harbor area to the south. under surveillance. "I know some people get nervous with Big Brother watching, but people want us to do everything to make our neighborhoods safer," Mayor Kurt Schmoke Kurt L. Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is the Dean of the Howard University Law School and a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. The son of Murray (a civilian chemist for the US Army) and Irene Schmoke (a social worker), he attended the public schools of Baltimore. said as city officials showed off the system. Within two weeks, 14 more cameras will be installed, covering 16 blocks around the market at a total cost of $58,000, said Frank Russo, director of public safety for Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, a group that gets private and city money to promote downtown businesses. The videotapes can record for 96 hours, and then will be taped over, unless police or prosecutors suspect that they show crimes being committed, said Police Commissioner Thomas Frazier. |
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