NYC considering surveillance cameras modeled on London system

AP | January 27 2006

New York is considering installing surveillance cameras in Lower Manhattan in its fight against terrorism, similar to the "ring of steel" in London's financial district.

A team of New York Police Department experts visited London in the fall to look at its system of closed-circuit cameras, which are posted at various points in its financial district and near landmarks. Those cameras helped London police to quickly provide images of suspected bombers during the terror attack in the London Underground last summer.

The NYPD is still in the discussion stage regarding the installation of surveillance cameras that would be pointed at tunnels, bridges and subway stations in Lower Manhattan. The city already has 1,000 cameras in its sprawling network of subways and commuter rail facilities, with plans to add another 1,000 surveillance cameras and 3,000 motion sensors over the next three years.

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