Newark Invites Internet to Monitor City’s Surveillance Cameras
The Newark Police Department has opened to the public feeds from dozens of closed-circuit cameras around the city. Police have asked viewers to assist the force by watching the video feeds and reporting anything suspicious, according to The New York Times and other news outlets.
The program is called the Citizen Virtual Patrol and is being billed as a move toward transparency in the city, where racial animosity and claims of aggressive enforcement have long plagued the police force.