Originally published February 23 2006
Chicago's mayor makes major push for security cameras in businesses
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
An ordinance proposed by Alderman Ray Suarez, which would require all businesses in the Chicago area open for more than twelve hours a day to install indoor and outdoor security cameras, now has the backing of Mayor Daley.
Mayor Daley on Monday embraced a radical plan to require every licensed Chicago business open more than 12 hours a day to install indoor and outdoor cameras.
The terrorist attacks in London were solved by cameras.
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce President Jerry Roper estimated that 12,000 businesses -- maybe more -- are open for more than 12 hours a day and, therefore, would be covered by the sweeping camera mandate.
If the mayor's endorsement translates into City Council approval of the ordinance championed by Ald.
Ray Suarez (31st), business leaders will demand tax breaks and a phase-in similar to the sprinkler ordinance that gives older high-rises 12 years to comply, Roper said.
"Some places will take a look at the cost and say, 'We'll only be open for one shift or a shift and a half.
City Hall is now finalizing a contract for "Operation Virtual Shield," Daley's Big Brother plan to link 1,000 miles of "sometimes stand-alone fiber" into a unified "homeland security grid" -- complete with sensors to monitor the city's water supply and detect chemical and biological weapons.
Businesses that agreed to pay an undisclosed fee would have cameras outside their entrances and even in their stairwells monitored by the 911 center.
Last summer, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that Boeing Co. had become the first Chicago business to join the camera network.
London has 200,000 cameras monitoring virtually every public move its citizens make.
Chicago's surveillance network could be dramatically enhanced if businesses open more than 12 hours a day are required to install and monitor cameras to record what goes on inside the place and in the parking lot.
The mayor endorsed the camera mandate after unveiling a $4 million incident center at the 911 building that, among other things, will serve as the new home for Snow Command.
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