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Posted: 9:28 AM Nov 17, 2009
Athens Council to Discuss Uptown Surveillance Cameras
Athens City Council is going to study the placement of surveillance cameras on Court Street and elsewhere downtown.
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ATHENS, Ohio (WSAZ) -- Athens City Council is going to study the placement of surveillance cameras on Court Street and elsewhere downtown.
The request to do so came Monday night from City Law Director Pat Lang.
Lang says the cameras are legal and may make the area safer, but their use raises personal liberty and constitutional questions.
Mayor Paul Wiehl says the cameras are used by the Athens Police Department.
The surveillance camera issue will now be discussed by Athens City Council's Committee of the Whole.
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Posted by: Diane Wamsley
on Nov 19, 2009 at 07:18 PM
To Whom It May Concern: Please Remove my previous comment, I did not mean to use my real name. Thank YOu.
Posted by: Anon
on Nov 18, 2009 at 05:46 PM
The cameras are a good idea, maybe the idiots that roam the streets at night might think twice. If they are being responsible adults like they should be there should not be a problem. The cameras only protest the innocent. It is not big brother it is called responsibility seeing that most of the problem is on court street.
Posted by: Diane Wamsley
on Nov 18, 2009 at 08:37 AM
That is exactly what I came on here to say, "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU'
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