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DA’s new surveilence
camera program
Bronx District Attourney Darcel Clark meets with Bronx BIDs to discuss C.A.M.S. program.
Bronx DA’s Offi ce
BY ALEX MITCHELL
The Bronx District Attorney’s
offi ce is visualizing
a new way to approach petty
crime activity, literally.
Partnering with the Bronx
Chamber of Commerce and
the borough’s business improvement
districts, the DA’s
offi ce unveiled a security
camera-sharing program
titled the Bronx Community
Assisted Mapping System at
the end of 2018.
Called CAMS for short,
it’s essentially an intranet
of security camera locations
provided by members of each
of the borough’s BIDs, allowing
the DA’s offi ce exclusive
access to crime-related digital
footage.
Prior to this program,
NYPD would be responsible
for collecting security surveillance
camera footage
from businesses along the
commercial corridors and
deliver the haul to the DA’s
offi ce by hand.
“Police aren’t always
able to obtain the footage
needed,” said Kerry Chicone,
chief of strategic enforcement
in the DA’s offi ce.
“Many cameras are private
and many don’t have footage
stored on site. Also there’s
many times when offi cers
aren’t aware of some camera
locations even, not to mention
often times the footage
is deleted before it can be obtained,”
she explained.
Essentially this new program
removes most of the
problems currently encountered
when obtaining the evidence
that could indisputably
solve a crime. The DA’s
offi ce would have a confi dential,
interactive map of surrounding
security cameras
not only in the immediate
vicinity of a crime, but its
surrounding area as well.
“So now, as soon as a
crime is reported, someone
from our offi ce can view
multiple footage angles that
responding offi cers may not
have been aware of or had
not had the ability to obtain
previously and that’s a huge
aid to the prosecution,” Chicone
explained.
She continued, saying
that the police get fl ooded
with amateur footage in
high profi le cases like the
‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz case,
but hardly anything is forthcoming
during the more
common, everyday robberies
and store hold-ups.
Currently the program
has nearly 1,000 surveillance
cameras enrolled and
that number continues to
grow.
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
president Lisa Sorin
praised the new initiative,
calling it “one of the best
things that can happen for
Bronx businesses.”
Prior to her presidency,
Sorin was the executive director
of the Westchester
Square BID where she had
worked with the New York
state to have nine surveillance
cameras installed in
the BID’s most traffi cked
areas.
And the program is already
paying dividends according
to the Chamber.
“It’s already worked dozens
of times. The merchants
have given us very positive
feedback on this program,”
Sorin said.
Also in the east Bronx,
the soon-to-be Throggs Neck
BID is ready to welcome the
CAMS program. Bob Jaen,
president of the Throgs Neck
Merchants Association who
was instrumental in setting
up the BID believes that the
camera network will be put
to good use.
The impact of sharing 24-
hour surveillance cameras
with the Bronx DA shouldn’t
be a concern to shoppers,
the Throggs Neck merchant
said.
“I’ve never been a supporter
of ‘big brother’ -like
cameras watching over us,
but this doesn’t seem to be
the case, especially with the
new ferry stop that Throggs
Neck is anticipating. Upping
our security is defi nitely
something positive,” Jaen
said.
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