Chicago Mayor Daley: Cameras will make us safer

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 31 Jan 2006 | FRAN SPIELMAN

[af_vet_rr]

Mayor Daley on Monday embraced a radical plan to require every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras.

"Block clubs, community organizations want cameras. ... They can't walk down the street. ... Their kids have to go around a corner away from the gang-bangers. You can't walk to church. You can't get on the CTA. ... Cameras really prevent much crime. Cameras also solve a lot of crime. The terrorist attacks in London were solved by cameras. The whole incident was solved by cameras," Daley said.

[af_vet_rr]

"every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras."

Unbelievable.

This is yet another camera/government spying on the people thread that will get little notice.

[Petruchio]

All camaras do is record the crime.

Handguns STOP the crime.

[af_vet_rr]

and just think, Chicago has such a stellar record when it comes to 2nd Ammendment issues.

[edgrimly78]

Wont that cost alot of $$?

[STARWISE]

You're forgetting the fees/license/registration with the city, and the enforcers who have to be paid. Never seen a place like it. The air that's breathed will soon be taxed.

[GOPologist]

Hey Daley, cameras ain't "gonna" make your town safer; allowing good people to carry guns will.

[One Proud Dad]

Big Brother is wanting to watch more, next an embedded GPS and recording chip in all citizens.

[Paleo Conservative]

All camaras do is record the crime.

Handguns STOP the crime.

But they also record "illegal" use of firearms in self-defense.

[af_vet_rr]

Not only that, the article mentions that some businesses will probably close early in order to avoid the costs.

This was interesting (apparently the Sun-Times is not a fan of the Mayor):

City Hall is now finalizing a contract for "Operation Virtual Shield," Daley's Big Brother plan to link 1,000 miles of "sometimes stand-alone fiber" into a unified "homeland security grid" -- complete with sensors to monitor the city's water supply and detect chemical and biological weapons.

The city also made an unprecedented offer to the private sector. Businesses that agreed to pay an undisclosed fee would have cameras outside their entrances and even in their stairwells monitored by the 911 center.

[paul51]

"Look at the police radio [log]. ... Why should we be clearing every parking lot out for the owner of the drive-in? That's their responsibility. It's their land," Daley said.

Fair enough. Give me my firearms back first.

[atomicpossum]

And I betcha some Daley cronies have sales and installation businesses all ready to go.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

[KarlInOhio]

Chicago Mayor Daley: Cameras will make us safer

Will Daley feel just as certain about that if people with cameras start following around every friend and relative of Dem party bosses and aldermen who are given phony city jobs to see what they actually do in their jobs?

[Rollee]

Cameras really prevent much crime. Cameras also solve a lot of crime.

Then he should post lots of cameras in his own office and all over City Hall.

[OB1kNOb]

Ah yes, 1984's Ministry of Love is just trying to maintain law and order. Nothing more.

[fortunecookie]

Chicago Mayor Daley: Cameras will make us safer

Um, I thought that's what the strict gun laws and prohibitions were supposed to do? More socialism/commie/big brother rules from Hillary's hometown Chicago, where everyone votes Democrat, even the deceased.

[Claytonbridge]

What would Daly have said if Bush had suggested it???? Where's the ACLU????

[MPJackal]

"Businesses that agreed to pay an undisclosed fee would have cameras outside their entrances and even in their stairwells monitored by the 911 center."

False sense of security. No one can monitor that many cameras. No one will see the crime and come save you. They might catch and record it so they can put out the BOLO for a black or hispanic male, between 5'8" and 6'2", 150-200 lbs, wearing a hooded sweatshrit and dark sun glasses. That will help nap him.

[massgopguy]

I once saw a guy coming out of his Store 24 and locking the door. I said "Hey, you're supposed to be open 24 hours",. He said, "Not in a row!"