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The cameras arrived in 2005, with 32 of them installed around the city. Another 44 were installed in 2007 at a cost of $1.6 million. They are monitored by retired police officers, who have the experience to quickly size up what they are seeing and make good judgment calls, said Officer Pete Smith, a police spokesman.
How much you want to bet, once they shut off the expensive cameras, enterprising local thieves will steal them?