Police Chief Wants Surveillance Cameras In Houston Apartments

[kpete]

Police Chief Wants Surveillance Cameras In Houston Apartments

POSTED: 5:28 pm CST February 15, 2006

HOUSTON -- Houston's police chief is suggesting putting surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets and even private homes.

Chief Harold Hurtt Wednesday said it's another way of combating crime amid a shortage of officers.

Houston is dealing with too many police retirements, too few recruits and a population increase of about 150-thousand hurricane refugees.

Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf coast in late August.

Rita hit southeast Texas about one month later.

The Houston City Council is considering a public safety tax to pay for more officers.

Scott Henson with the American Civil Liberties Union called Hurtt's proposal to require surveillance cameras as part of some building permits -- "radical and extreme."

Houston Mayor Bill White hasn't talked with Hurtt about his idea, but sees it as more of a "brainstorm" than a "decision."

http://www.click2houston.com/news/7092489/detail.html

[rodeodance]

1. a "brainstorm"?? fried brain looks like.

[ck4829]

2. Do you hear that?

It's the sound of totalitarianism coming into YOUR home.

[WePurrsevere]

3. "Radical & extreme"? How about BLATENTLY UnConstitutional & Illegal as

well?

I think as part of at least a 1 year long experiment the first surveillence cameras should go into Mayor's, EVERY member of City Counsil, EVERY member of the police dept. and the Chief of Police's homes... in EVERY room... WITH sound recording... and played on big screens all over the city as well as a public TV station so EVERYONE can watch the show. :evilgrin: