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The Miami
Vol. 87, Issue 11 | Oct. 1 - Oct. 4, 2009
HURRICANE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
Somebody’s watching you
BRITTNEY BOMNIN // Photo Editor
TELL ME WHO’S WATCHING: From this single touch-screen monitor in his office, Chief of Police David Rivero can access all the cameras on campus.
Over 200 cameras monitor campus BY STEPHANIE GENUARDI | STAFF NEWS WRITER
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emember last year’s slaying of the University of Miami’s beloved campus crocodile? A police camera mounted on the Flipse Building captured the license plate number of the getaway car, which eventually led to an arrest. Earlier this semester, another police camera near the Ring Theater spotted two men trying to hotwire a motorcycle. Though the suspects got away, their pictures were quickly sent to officers around campus. This helped clear a student who police had stopped at gunpoint because he was wearing clothing similar to the suspects. The University of Miami Police Department is currently monitoring more than 200 closed-circuit
cameras across campus. The cameras have helped solve 14 crimes in the past six months, said Chief of Police David Rivero. “It’s amazing how many cases they help us with,” Rivero said. With only 25 officers to patrol the 230-acre campus, the cameras serve as a “force multiplier.” They enable officers to patrol two or more areas at one time. Rivero explained how an officer can sit in the Mahoney-Pearson parking lot patrolling the region while simultaneously monitoring the parking lot outside Mark Light Field on his or her laptop where the feed from the camera streams on a server. Junior India Stanton was surprised to find that UM has so many cameras on campus.
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