Harger: “No camera has ever prevented a crime,” says Seattle’s public safety director. 40 years of research disagrees
Seattle's public safety director claimed that cameras do not prevent crime during an Alki Community Council meeting. However, residents and research suggest otherwise regarding the effectiveness of surveillance.
"We just want to be safe." That might be the simplest sentence anybody said at the Alki Community Council meeting last week.
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