I notice, many are being mounted in the Black community. Wonder what
THEY have to say. Big Brother? You bet! Thwart crime? Ditto.
Whatever it takes, but make sure a camera is placed on Kingsley Ave.,
where all of the "solicitation" allegedly takes place and one camera
in the park, where vandalism is a normal occurance!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> From today's AP Press:
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> Security cameras coming soon in Asbury Park
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> 9 units to be placed throughout city
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> By NANCY SHIELDS
> COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU
> City police expect new surveillance cameras to be installed at different
> sites in the city possibly by next month after getting enough money to
> pay for it.
>
> Police Chief Mark Kinmon said $267,000 is in place for the system and
> nine cameras are planned at this point. The cameras will be mounted at
> Bangs and Ridge avenues, Bangs and Prospect avenues, Springwood and
> Ridge avenues, and at several locations on Main Street, Cookman Avenue
> and the beachfront.
>
> "We're looking to get started in October," Kinmon said Thursday. "We
> think it's going to be very successful in terms of prevention and be
> helpful on the investigative side as well."
>
> The sources of the money are $132,000 from developer Madison Marquette,
> $47,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice, $38,000 from Interfaith
> Neighbors and $50,000 from the city's Urban Enterprise Zone program.
>
> The city is contracting for the security system with Promedia Technology
> Services Inc., a company that is based in Little Falls.
>
> The new surveillance system is being installed at a time when Asbury
> Park residents have experienced less crime in the past year. Kinmon said
> the new technology can help increase police enforcement.
>
> "A lot of positive things are happening in the city right now, and I
> think this is just another means of ensuring those positive things
> continue to happen," Kinmon said.
>
> The new cameras will have a recording capacity of about two weeks.
> Existing cameras at the police department, train station and municipal
> parking lot will be tied into the new system. Dispatchers will monitor
> two 42-inch flat screen monitors at headquarters, Kinmon said.
>
> Councilman James Keady, an early proponent of increasing surveillance at
> different city sites, said Thursday he is pleased "we finally reached
> the day where we had financing in place to have the cameras in place."
>
> "It's something I pushed hard for, and there was full council support to
> get it accomplished," Keady said. "Mark Kinmon and the police department
> worked very hard . . . and now we have another tool in our arsenal to
> make our city safe."
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