COLORADO SPRINGS — Ten city-owned video-surveillance cameras likely will be in downtown by this summer.
The City Council approved a proposal Tuesday to buy the cameras that the Police Department plans to install mostly along Tejon Street.
“I don’t take lightly the trust that City Council just put in me to do this correctly,” Police Chief Pete Carey said after the vote.
“We’re going to implement this very fairly and make sure that anybody who’s watching the cameras has the correct amount of education and knowledge about what to look for and not to look for,” he said. “I really hope this implementation is smooth … and that a year from now it’s made our downtown a little bit safer.”
The vote was 6-2 vote. Council President Scott Hente and Councilman Val Snider opposed the plan, and Councilwoman Lisa Czelatdko was absent. The proposal will be up for second reading and final approval in two weeks.
