Surveillance Cameras Coming to Your Metro Car
Metro will triple the number of surveillance cameras in rail cars as part of a new security system.
Metro plans to triple the number of surveillance cameras throughout the Metrorail system—increasing the number of cameras to about 6,000—and will install them inside Metro rail cars for the first time ever, according to the Associated Press. The expansion could cost an estimated $6.5 million, only some of which would come from federal grants, according to The Washington Examiner. "We have no greater responsibility than protecting the safety of our customers, visitors and employees," Metro spokesman Philip Stewart told The Washington Examiner. "To that end, we are in the process of deploying a comprehensive next-generation security system for Metro." The cameras will allow Metro control center employees to observe both security and crowding…
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2:49 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
True that statistics can be misleading, but there is some comfort in the fact that, except for Springfield Franconia, the worst VA stations have half or less the reported crime than the top 10 stations overall. Let's hope it stays that way... more ›