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By mid-September, cameras will surround Baylor University’s main campus to improve the quality and speed of criminal investigations, according to the school’s top safety official.

More than 175 cameras will oversee Dutton Avenue, South Eighth Street, Bagby Avenue and University Parks Drive in the four-phase project.

The move is a piece of broad campus security efforts, said Mark Childers, associate vice president of public safety and security.

Prior to joining Baylor in 2014, Childers was an 18-year veteran of the Secret Service and eight-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Childers protected President George W. Bush by coordinating security at his Crawford ranch and planning security on domestic and foreign trips. He said he once spent a month in Pakistan studying security locations before the president’s trip.

“We’re working everything from bicycle theft to anti-terrorism,” Childers said of his duties at Baylor. “We bring those Secret Service layers of protection and apply that to campus. I said, ‘Folks, if you think this is a retirement deal, it’s time to find a new job.’ ”

Video footage will not be monitored live but reviewed to assist in Baylor and Waco police investigations.