The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Mayor Daley has argued that security and terrorism won’t be an issue if his Olympic dreams come true because, by 2016, there will be a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago.Does Chicago still have one of the highest crime rate in the country? Yes.So much for Mayor Daley's Big Brother state.
But even before that blanket coverage begins, the “Big Brother’’ network is being put to better use.
Call takers and dispatchers now see real-time video if there is a surveillance cameras within 150 feet of a 911 call, thanks to a $6 million upgrade to the city’s “computer-aided dispatch” system.