Peekskill plans major renovations at the Police Department to include a command center, in-house cameras to monitor holding cells and doorways, as well as the monitoring station for the surveillance cameras throughout the city. We will fund it out of existing capital funds that are part of police station renovations. In March, the Common Council hastily approved the camera plan, which has undergone changes because of technical problems and Peekskill's inability to use federal funds to place the cameras on city-owned property near Bohlmann. The city also plans to install cameras at Riverfront Green, Depew Park, the Main-North Division intersection and in the Nelson Avenue and James Street parking structures. The proposed use of cameras has caused debate at Common Council meetings for more than six months and has become a focal point in the campaign of council and mayoral candidates.
Cameras give people a false sense of security.
We hope they'll all be responsive.