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ACLU Upset With Possible Surveillance
Camera Network in Charleston
Gil McClanahan
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WOWK
Friday Aug 24, 2007
CHARLESTON -- For months, the city of has been talking about
installing cameras around town, but the American Civil Liberties
Union says it could be too much like Big Brother.
The city hopes the cameras will help officers spot criminal activity
and possibly stop it. City Council is now looking at ways to prevent
abuses of the surveillance cameras and how to pay for them.
The idea is getting mixed reviews.
"We believe the surveillance cameras are ineffective and
costly," says Andrew Schneider, executive director of the
American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia.
Others in the city like the idea.
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"I think it will be a great idea, because lots of things
that's done is unseen that can be seen by the cameras," says
James Hamilton of Charleston.
City leaders are still working out the details for putting the
network in place including paying for it and addressing concerns.
Schneider says more police are needed instead of more cameras,
adding the network infringes on people's right to privacy.
Others don't see it that way.
"If you're not doing anything wrong you shouldn't worry
about being watched," said Bev Steele of Charleston.
Schneider admits the network will probably become a reality in
Charleston, so the ACLU is working with city leaders on safeguards
to make sure the network is not abused.
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