Tucson, AZ:Security cameras coming downtown?

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City leaders will start the year discussing downtown security, which may include surveillance cameras. Target Corp.'s Safe City program to fund 14 video cameras for downtown was first brought to the Police Department in 2006. Media reports a year later claimed the $100,000 Target offer was killed, but City Manager Mike Hein and

Target officials deny that. "That's an urban legend," Hein said. "I have not formulated a recommendation. It's nonsense to think that this (overall downtown security program) is a train that is not coming."

Nevertheless, the Dec. 14-15 overnight graffiti assault on Fourth Avenue businesses refreshed a question: Should downtown have police video surveillance? Two days later, City Councilwoman Nina Trasoff sent an e-mail asking Hein to hasten delivery of a security proposal for downtown.

Tucson was among the first five cities mentioned for Safe City funding. "Target does remain committed to a partnership of making Tucson safer," Target spokesman Mike Krueger said. "It's the partnership we're interested in. We're open to what local law enforcement and community leaders think is the best solution. Cameras are not essential in a Safe City program."

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