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Crime Cameras
City’s crime cameras shortsighted
- Cameras in The City have little effect in deterring crime on violent street corners, according to a new study.
- Cameras in The City have little effect in deterring crime on violent street corners, according to a new study.
Storage of footage hinders crime cameras
- The City’s 74 crime cameras are running on low bandwidth — rendering them practically useless in court cases — because the Department of Emergency Management doesn’t have enough storage capacity to retain high-quality footage, city officials said. Footage has helped only in the prosecution of two crimes despite police having pulled 78 different clips since the inception of the program, police Chief Heather Fong told the Police Commission on Wednesday night. She said police have been working with The City’s information technology department to adjust the focus of the cameras.
City touts crime cameras despite ACLU objections
- San Francisco officials plan to release the results of a report in October regarding the effectiveness of surveillance cameras that have been installed in the city's high-crime areas, according to Mayor Gavin Newsom's spokesman.