Montgomery Neighborhoods Increase Use of Surveillance Cameras

by WAKA Action 8 News

Neighborhoods across the nation are looking for new ways to put criminals behind bars and surveillance cameras are their weapon of choice.

Montgomery city councilman Richard Bollinger represents District 1. 

Bollinger and other city council members met with different neighborhood associations to draw up an agreement with them and the city about how to use surveillance cameras at entrances to neighborhoods.

Council members then paid for the initial cost each camera system which was about $6,000.  The money came from each council member’s capital improvement fund.

After that, the upkeep and maintenance of the cameras is left up to the individual neighborhood associations.   

Bollinger says so far, the cameras seem to be working.  Police have heard through their contacts that many criminals are avoiding neighbhorhoods with the cameras.

” It’s already happened this quick.  so we’re thinking it’s going to be a very good tool for the police,” Bollinger said.

Bollinger says he hopes to work with more neighborhood associations to purchase more surveillance cameras.