My sweet Irish mother lives on the West Side. Leave the cameras
there.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "sharon_b283" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> 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" <MarioAPNJ@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From today's AP Press:
> >
> > Security cameras coming soon in Asbury Park
> >
> > 9 units to be placed throughout city
> >
> > 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."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
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