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Does camera surveillance in public areas reduce crime? New Austin police chief thinks so

By Gritsforbreakfast

So which is it: Is Dallas one of the most crime-ridden cities in the country with robberies of businesses on the rise, as the Dallas New tells us ("Banks continue to cope with spate of robberies: 2007 total falls just below record, business breakins rise 10%," Jan. 9), or have surveillance cameras miraculously reduced crime in Dallas' business district by 28% in their first year, as the Downtown Dallas Association told the Austin Statesman this week ("Acevedo wants to put police cameras in key areas," Jan. 24)?I'm betting the Dallas News' sources are a better reflection of the real overall crime rate. Whaddya think? (There's a vigorous debate on the subject of surveillance cameras already occurring, btw, on the Statesman's blog.)Even if crime has decreased that much, I personally doubt surveillance cameras had much to do with it...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).