Police surveillance cameras in Seattle neighborhoods? Bill passes its first hurdle

“We’re able to track license plates, we’re able to track video, from camera to camera,” an SPD commander said.

SEATTLE — Should the city of Seattle allow police to put surveillance cameras in high-crime neighborhoods? It was a question posed to a committee of city council members this week.

On Tuesday, the committee members each voted yes to pass the bill along to the Oct. 8 regular council meeting. This gets the Seattle Police Department one step closer to introducing a new pilot program where they would be able to install live surveillance video cameras in Seattle neighborhoods that they say have the most violent crime.

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