Residents and city council members of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, are currently divided over whether to install public surveillance cameras in the surrounding area. An increase in crimes, including prostitution and robberies, have raised concern among residents and business owners. Cameras would record activities on public streets, and although they could read license plates from up to 500 yards away, would not record activities within homes. Advocates of the surveillance cameras say that because they are recording activities on public property, they are not an invasion of privacy. Still, many residents and councilmen oppose the installation, saying the nearly $200,000 in projected costs could be used to hire more police officers and implement active security measures.
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