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U. of Cincinnati to Upgrade Security Measures

February 01, 2013 | Comments (1) | Post a comment

CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati (UC) will spend $174,000 to improve off-campus security in response to a spike of robberies and assaults around the site’s borders.

The university will pay $158,000 to install five cameras on streets adjacent to its main campus and another 16,000 for more lighting in 60 spots on the southern perimeter of the college, Cincinnati.com reports.

Last month, UC also added patrols to help monitor the campus.

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I just read how the University of Cincinnati is going to spend $174K on cameras for "security." I always find in interesting when money is spent this way on cameras, thinking that a safer environment will follow. 90% of the time all a camera will do is record the incident. Cameras, in most cases, do not stop or even deter a crime. If you watch the news, you will inevitebly see a law enforcement officer committing a crime while in front of his police car while his dashboard camera records the event. Only physical security will stop a crime and a camera is not physical security.

Steve Emerson
February 6, 2013