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Hobart offered cameras to monitor high-traffic intersections HOBART - Drivers in the habit of running red lights, beware. A surveillance camera could be coming to an intersection near you. Hobart officials are reviewing an offer from Safe Speed, a Chicago company that wants to mount cameras at high-traffic intersections to videotape moving violations that could cost motorists $100 in fines. The city will not have to pay for the cameras as Safe Speed would get part of the fines collected under a four-year contract it hopes to sign with the city, said Charles Freda, Safe Speed's managing operations director. The service is intended to aid traffic enforcement, Freda said, not monitor motorists. "This isn't Big Brother. This is a public safety issue," Freda told the mayor and the Hobart City Council. About five motorists a day are caught running red lights, he said. Chicago and other cities across the nation have successfully used photographic equipment to enforce ...
552 days ago
Mexican official says organized crime targeted AUSTIN — Mexico is attempting to combat organized crime through judicial system reforms while working with the U.S. to try to curb a security crisis on the border, a Mexican deputy attorney general said Wednesday. Mexico's leaders are looking to establish public, oral trials and new roles for judges along with protection of crime victims, Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, deputy federal attorney general for international affairs, told a border security conference in Austin. "These are much-needed tools to combat organized crime, and this is what we are debating in Mexico," he said in Spanish, using an English interpreter. "The goal is to go after the financing of this organized crime." He told of one suspected criminal who spent $190 million in Las Vegas, including $14 million in one night. "This is the enemy that Mexico is confronting with all of its resources," Vasconcelos said. The ...
553 days ago
Ambler may add cameras to deter crime Chris Holtz, Ambler resident and senior account manager for Thompson Networks in Doylestown, and Thompson Networks Vice President Sean Galt, made a presentation to council about installing cameras in borough parks. Councilwoman Anita Pieri, who chairs the parks and recreation committee, said the borough is looking into adding cameras to protect the investment of a future building, the Green Building at Knight Park. Holtz said video surveillance cameras not only serve as a deterrent to vandalism, but also offer the capability to "capture, record and review." He said police Chief Bill Foley told him the department needs better descriptions of vandalism suspects. Police can rewind the DVR and see firsthand what complainants describe, Holtz said. Read Full News Resources for Video Pro Security
554 days ago
Riders petition for more security at SkyTrain stations Hundreds of SkyTrain riders signed a petition on Monday calling on TransLink to increase patrols, beef up security cameras and improve lighting at stations. The petition, circulated at the Nanaimo station in East Vancouver, aims to pressure the Metro Vancouver transit authority to better ensure the safety of its users, Vancouver-Kingsway MLA Adrian Dix said. "We want people to take [the] SkyTrain. We want people to take public transit, especially in a time when we're dealing with significant environmental issues," Dix said. "When you ask people to take transit, you have an obligation to do everything you can to make sure they're safe." Read Full News Resources for Video Pro Security
558 days ago
Harkat to stay put OTTAWA - Ottawa terror suspect Mohamed Harkat will not be leaving his unhappy basement apartment anytime soon. A Federal Court judge ruled Thursday that Mr. Harkat cannot move to a new condominium townhouse until he meets the security concerns raised by government officials. It means that, at least for the immediate future, Mr. Harkat and his wife, Sophie, will continue to live in the basement of a home that belongs mostly to Alois Weidemann, a retired Citizen employee, and the former romantic partner of Ms. Harkat's mother, Pierrette Brunette. Ms. Brunette moved out of the house last November after the acrimonious collapse of that relationship, leaving Mr. Weidemann with the Harkats in his basement. Read Full News Resources for Video Pro Security
