Cameras Bring Crime Down 80 Per Cent

Dallas authorities say calls dropped from an average of 2.3 per week to 0.5 after the cameras were installed. ”It has reduced crime by almost 80 percent in our area and that’s a very positive movement in the right direction” says the president of the residential community’s homeowner’s association. Not only has the addition of cameras brought about a reduction in crime in the immediate vicinity, according to Dallas police it also resulted in a drop incalls in an adjacent neighborhood, while calls in two neighborhoods south ofRichland Park Estates have increased or held steady. ”When the PD targeted that area, in one month’s time we cut burglaries in half,” says Sergeant Rector McCollum of the Dallas Police Department’s northeast division. Currently, Dallas Police are using two surveillance videos to prosecute suspects for vandalism and attempted burglary. Future plans call for additional cameras in the Richland Park Estates area.