The city of Chester is getting ready to roll out a powerful new weapon in their continuing war on the scourge of gun violence that continues to plague the city.
The city soon will feature hundreds of surveillance video cameras as part of a combined effort by the city, PennDOT, Widener University and the Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County.
Last night we took our live-stream Internet program, 'Live From the Newsroom,' to Widener to talk about crime in the city, and their new tool.
I was joined by Chester Mayor John Linder; Chester Police Commissioner Joseph Bail Jr.; Widener Public Relations maven Dan Hanson Sullivan; and Michael McGee, Executive Director of the Riverfront Alliance of Delaware County.
One of the most interesting things that was stressed was brought up by Commissioner Bail. He noted that a camera can't be intimidated, as many witnesses are. It's one of the great frustrations echoed again and again by police in their investigations - people who are afraid to tell them what they know, or are leery of actually having to testify against suspects.
Cameras don't have any such reservations.
If you missed the show, you can catch the replay here.
Again my thanks to Tim Scepansky and all his great students who work behind the scenes to make the show look great.
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