(CCL Brian Snelson)
This is how it begins: gently, innocuously. And, always, for a Good Reason.
The Oregonian reports that Portland, Oregon, Police Chief Mike Reese:
wants to put up video surveillance cameras on private buildings in Old Town and Chinatown that would help officers monitor drug deals on certain sidewalks, intersections or other public spaces.
Not that there aren’t already surveillance cameras in Portland. But until now, the police have merely been encouraging private property owners to put up cameras. Reese is going before the City Council tonight to request a fundamental change in policy: Now the police department will be installing–and monitoring–cameras.
