Going Overboard with Surveillance Cameras

Some places are more security conscious than others. Some are just luckier – or perhaps they know how to play the angles.

Dillingham, Alaska, a no-stoplight town with a population of 2,400, received a grant of 2,000 from the Homeland Security Department to install 80 surveillance cameras at the local port and elsewhere around the town, including the Fire Department and City Hall. That works out to a camera for every 30 residents. When citizens complained about procedural issues that led to the grant, the mayor resigned in a huff.

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