surveillance cameras


Here’s my presentation to Cape Coral City Council meeting concerning video surveillance cameras in my city. Here’s the letter I sent to my Councilman: Derrick Donnell (Cape Coral City Council Member), It is a gross understatement to say that I am fed up with the video surveillance cameras popping up all over our city. Currently I am “asking” for them to be disabled and removed. Especially the ones mounted on traffic light booms at intersections pointed directly in my windshield at my face, and pointed at your face, and pointed at everyone else’s face as well. They are just bad on so many levels. You can find good information about them at this link: consumercal.blogspot.com A few questions I would like to have answered: 1) What is or are the name or names of the city officials who authorized the county to install the video surveillance cameras in my city, on my city streets? 2) Are there plans and blueprints regarding the installation of those camera systems, submitted by the county to the city for review and inspection, in order to maintain compliance with all city ordinances and regulations thereof? If so, can I see these plans and approval by our city inspectors? 3) The video feeds from those cameras go into utility boxes, usually located next to the traffic light control boxes. Is the public land on which those boxes are installed and located being leased or sold? How much money is the city getting from the county for allowing the county the privilege of having them …