Newark Cops & CCTV

Intro of Surveillance cameras to Newark 110 new surveillance cameras & a gunshot detection system planned for Newark Sparked by the death of 3 college students in Summer 07 Plan financed with private money raised by Newark Community Foundation, $3.2 million

Progress In 8 months –44 cameras in a 7 square mile area The area represents the location on 80% of all Newark gun violence in last 3 years

Placement and Monitoring The cameras are on lamp posts, above intersections and on public & private buildings Footage streams real-time to a police communications center

Cntd… Clerks monitor footage and can adjust camera focus and field of vision Footage is stored for 30 days

Does it work? Dr. Byrne says NO London, England says NO Or Does it Simply displace crime?

Newark Results The video surveillance unit has detected 289 criminal incidents for first quarter of 2008 Another 799 incidents were either called in to 911 or officers on patrol