Gary Washburn

Chicago Tribune

March 11, 2008

More than 4,500 cameras in Chicago public schools are being connected to police headquarters and the city’s 911 center in a technological upgrade designed to improve safety, officials said Thursday.

In an emergency, arriving officers also will be able to view real-time images from the cameras on screens in their squad cars.

“The key is getting the information to the police officer in that car,” said Mayor Richard Daley.

Cameras belonging to the Chicago Transit Authority and other public agencies have been linked to the city’s 911 center, and devices in some public buildings also have been connected as Daley seeks to consolidate video surveillance.

The mayor, who made the announcement at a news conference Thursday at police headquarters, said that when the school camera program is completed in the next few months, Chicago “will have a comprehensive school security system that will make it far easier for us to respond more quickly and effectively to any emergency at a school building.”

Cameras are installed at about 200 of Chicago’s 650 public schools, including all high schools and some administrative buildings.

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