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Streetlights with surveillance cameras #202518 08/15/2019 09:29 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 85,141 Likes: 71 Central Florida! Carol_Hill OP Traveler
OP Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 85,141 Likes: 71 Central Florida!	Daily Herald story This seems a good idea to me. I just wish all the existing streetlights were actually working. Carol Hill

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Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras Carol_Hill #202528 08/15/2019 10:35 AM
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 363 The Villages, FL deputydog1157 Traveler
deputydog1157 Traveler Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 363 The Villages, FL	I just hope they have battery backup to keep working when the power goes out.

Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras deputydog1157 #202533 08/15/2019 11:13 AM
Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 20,436 Likes: 57 Auburn, WA SXMScubaman Traveler
SXMScubaman Traveler Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 20,436 Likes: 57 Auburn, WA	Solar powered would be the best to keep the backup functioning.

Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras Carol_Hill #202581 08/15/2019 10:54 PM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 933 S SammyM Traveler
SammyM Traveler S Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 933	Great idea. Show that they're being 'proactive'. I can think of several areas where these are really needed, starting with the boardwalk in Philipsburg.

Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras SammyM #202584 08/16/2019 07:53 AM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,359 a little right of center 2 2fingers Traveler
2fingers Traveler 2 Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,359 a little right of center	"proactive"? Proactive would have a cop or two assigned to the boardwalk where their presence may help to prevent crimes. A camera may help catch a bad guy after the fact. "It's 5 o'clock somewhere!" <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/usflag.gif" alt="" />

Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras 2fingers #202592 08/16/2019 08:13 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 85,141 Likes: 71 Central Florida! Carol_Hill OP Traveler
OP Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 85,141 Likes: 71 Central Florida!	2fingers--pretty sure they do have cops assigned to the boardwalk now, unless it's been discontinued. The officer that was killed in SXM was one of them. Carol Hill

Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras Carol_Hill #202598 08/16/2019 08:40 AM
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ruralcarrier Traveler Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,285 Likes: 33 Ohio	Perhaps I am mistaken but didn't they have a plan in place several years ago to have cameras in the downtown area? Did that ever happen? J.D.

Re: Streetlights with surveillance cameras ruralcarrier #202599 08/16/2019 08:44 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 85,141 Likes: 71 Central Florida! Carol_Hill OP Traveler
OP Carol_Hill Traveler Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 85,141 Likes: 71 Central Florida!	I think they were hooked up, pre-Irma. As to whether they are there now, I don't know. Carol Hill

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