THE CAMERA SYSTEM ALLOWS
ANYONE TO WATCH WHAT'S GOING
ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ARE THERE RISKS?
MEG BAKER REPORTS.
Reporter: SEE SOMETHING,
SAY SO METHING GOT A SYSTEM OF
CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
THAT ANYONE CAN ACCESS, WATCH
AND REPORT.
JUST LOG ON.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD A SUSPICIOUS CAR,
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE THERE WHO
SHOULDN'T BE THERE, ROBBERY
THAT MAY HAVE TAKEN PLACE,
FOLKS THAT ARE OUT ON THE
CORNER SELLING DRUGS.
Reporter: THE REALTIME
INFORMATION CAN BE MONITORED
BY POLICE AND COULD BE USED AS
EVIDENCE.
CORROBORATES THEIR STORY,
HELPS US MAKE AN ARREST OR
POSSIBLY PREVENT SOMETHING
FROM TAKING PLACE BEFORE IT
ACTUALLY HAPPENS.
Reporter: IT'S ON
WASHINGTON AND WEST KENNY
STREET.
EACH LOCATION WAS CHOSEN TO
REDUCE CRIME IN THE AREA.
HERE'S WHAT SOME RESIDENTS
THINK.
WE HAVE CAMERAS NOW.
ARE WE SAFE?
I DON'T KNOW.
TO SEE SOMETHING ON YOUR
PHONE THAT YOU CAN REPORT THAT
MAY BE THEY DON'T SEE?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL BETTER
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF
THINGS THAT GO ON THAT THE
POLICE AND PEOPLE DON'T SEE.
Reporter: SOME CALL IT "BIG
BROTHER" BUT RUTGERS PROFESSOR
JOHN CULLEN SAYS THERE ARE
MORE POSITIVES THAN NEGATIVES.
THERE NEEDS TO BE VERY
CLEAR RULES ABOUT HOW IMAGES
ARE USED, HOW THE INFORMATION
THAT'S ACQUIRED THROUGH THESE
CAMERAS AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES
IS USED, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE
CLEAR NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Reporter: SIGNS LET PEOPLE
KNOW THE AREAS UNDER
SURVEILLANCE.
YOU JUST MAY NEVER KNOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE ARE WATCHING.
IN NEWARK, MEG BAKER, CBS 2
NEWS.
NEWARK CURRENTLY HAS 60
WATCHABLE CAMERAS IN PLACE AND
