Austin.....Big Brother comes a calling. Surveillance cameras - speak out!

[Dover]

Big Brother keeping us "safe". We wonder how our rights become eroded. Well here's an example.
Will the town protest? If it can happen in Austin, it can likely happen in any city. Here's lookin' at you kid...

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Police Chief Looks To Bring Cameras To Austin Streets


Security cameras could soon be popping up in crime-ridden areas of the city, allowing officers to patrol Austin virtually.

Rundberg Lane and Lamar Boulevard in North Austin is just one of four proposed locations.

Police Chief Art Acevedo said not only will it prevent crime, but the recordings could also be used to convict criminals.

More eyes equal fewer people. That is why the Dallas Police Department said they have a 40-camera system downtown. Acevedo said he also wants to bring cameras to the Capitol City.

"People in this community want us to do everything we can to keep them safe this is one of those strategies," Acevedo said.

The project would start at Sixth Street then expand to Rundberg Lane and Lamar Boulevard, Montopolis Boulevard in Southeast Austin, and 12th and Chicon streets in East Austin....>

http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=7765854

[Jane Austin]

1. That Rundberg Lane location is a place where pimps beat up prostitutes,

and bad drugs are used and sold.

There has been a very sad theme of robbings, beatings and killings of undocumented imigrants around the Sixth Street area.

Those immigrants are reluctant to even report the violence for fear of being deported or locked up in some detention center.