Las Cruces considering getting surveillance cameras

and traffic … in the united kingdom the government relies heavily on surveillance cameras for security. according to an article published by wired- dot-com: the u-k is one of the most surveilled countries in the world … with an estimated 5- point-9 million cameras keeping watch. c-c-tv image magazine cites a government report claiming that on any given day, the average briton would be seen by 70 surveillance cameras. and while some might say they don’t want big brother looking over their shoulder … others might argue it’s a small price to pay for the sake of security. las crucens may soon be having that debate in the wake of multiple bomb scares. abc-7’s jamie warren with our new mexico mobile newsroom joins us live with a story you’ll see only on abc-seven … jamie? maria — mayor miyagishima says he understands the las cruces community is worried. that’s why he’s planning to hold a town hall meeting in a couple weeks to discuss security. i’m confident our law enforcement will find these perpetrators anything that could assist us obviously would be welcome the city of las cruces now has a population of over 100,000 people. could an extra set of eyes all over the city be the tool to keeping those residents safe? we’re wondering if having cameras in strategic locations throughout the city and obviously its going to have to be on city owned property or city owned utility poles would that be something there that would help las cruces mayor ken miyagishima says he’ll raise that question at an upcoming town hall meeting. its not all about dollars and cents its about protecting the residents and when they do these things we can find them fast miyagishima says he knows there is tension in the community in light of recent incidents i’m in a parking lot in north las cruces where private security cameras are watching my every move. if i was doing something suspicious these cameras would be able to capture it. and some las crucens we spoke to say cameras like these across the city would probably be a good idea there probably are going to be people who would make noises about big brother but i think that might well be unreasonable over the long hall its very helpful for almost anything from people robbing a bank you didnt get the license plates whatever it is mayor miyagishima says he’ll hold that discussion in a couple weeks, in hopes that las cruces can feel safer let them know that we understand their concerns and let them know we’re working as hard as possible las cruces crime stoppers has increased the reward to 15,000 dollars for any information that leads to an arrest crime stoppers of las cruces is now