SEATTLE — Should the city of Seattle allow police to put surveillance cameras in high-crime neighborhoods? It was a question posed to a committee of city council members this week.
On Tuesday, the committee members each voted yes to pass the bill along to the Oct. 8 regular council meeting. This gets the Seattle Police Department one step closer to introducing a new pilot program where they would be able to install live surveillance video cameras in Seattle neighborhoods that they say have the most violent crime.
“It’s reported, we immediately have eyes on it,” said SPD Chief Operating Officer Brian Maxey…