Research, White Papers, Case Studies and More
Research:
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: CPTED 40 Years Later >>
Read this article from Police Chief Magazine about the use of CPTED in public spaces over the last 40 years. Article includes a brief history of CPTED, law enforcement involvement, and basic strategies with examples. Read more >>
ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Surveillance Cameras >>
Crimefighting beats privacy in public places: Americans by nearly a 3-1 margin support the increased use of surveillance cameras, a measure decried by some civil libertarians but credited in London with helping catch a variety of perpetrators since the early 1990s. Read more >>
Long Lens of the Law >>
Read this article for more information on the camera program that is operating in Baltimore Maryland, and how cameras have helped the Baltimore Police Department fight crime. Read more >>
Eye in the Sky: A New Way to Combat Crime >>
When it comes to fighting crime, Philadelphia is undergoing a video revolution. Within a few short years, the city is likely to be blanketed by a network of more than a thousand state-of-the-art, high resolution cameras, scanning high-crime areas, critical structures such as the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, SEPTA stops and inner city streets. Read more >>
Fixing Broken Windows Theory >>
Read this article about the 'Fixing Broken Windows' Theory. Read more >>
Television Coverage
Security Cameras Help Keep Lancaster Safe >>
From Fox 43 News, York PA.
LCSC Cameras Help Police Catch Armed Robber >>
From Fox 43 News, York PA.
Attack on Elderly Man Caught By LCSC Cameras -- Attackers Arrested >>
From WGAL News 8, Lancaster PA
Case Studies, White Papers
Lancaster Crime Commission Final Report, February 2003 >>
Videos
Listen to city resident and community leader Nelson Polite, Sr. speak about the efforts of the LCSC >> |
A man with head injuries was reported
dead to city police in 2005 in an area monitored by one of the Coalition's cameras.
Before launching a manhunt to find the
man's killer, police asked the Coalition
if it caught anything on tape.
Police initially thought the man had
been beaten, but the LCSC camera
showed him sit down and then fall
forward into the street, which is what
caused his head injuries. Two minutes
worth of video saved them hundreds of
hours of police work.
May 13, 2005
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