CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says
thousands of cameras make the city's transit system safer and have helped solve
crimes.
Emanuel appeared Saturday at a North Side station
where police say recently installed cameras helped solve a string of robberies.
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says cameras
at another station helped officers identify a suspect in the murder of a woman
at a downtown hotel.
The Chicago Transit Authority plans to add 1,500
cameras to its system of 1,500 existing ones by the end of the year. About 75
percent of the new cameras have been installed.
Police say that from June to Oct. 9, images pulled
from CTA cameras have helped in the arrest of at least 37 people.
Experts say Chicago has the country's most
extensive and integrated camera network.
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2011 The Associated Press.
