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KBCraig wrote:Chief "If you're not doing anything wrong..." Hurtt better mind his steps.

http://www.hurttprize.org/



Kevin

Now that's the funniest thing I've seen in a while. Gotta send that guy some email.

KBCraig,

I really like that comment from the other forum:

"If Officer Hurtt has nothing to hide the first camera can go in his house."

Yep... before any other cameras go in, he needs to put up or keep quiet. Since he says their's no expectation of privacy anymore, maybe we could get a live web feed of the inside of his house? After all, if he's not doing anything wrong, why should he worry about it? Next, we need to tape his every move at work. He's a public offical right? What has he got to hide?

Another article:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?secti ... id=3909198

"Cameras could soon help cops monitor high crime areasChief proposes video surveillance to help fight crime
By Andy Cerota
(2/15/06 - KTRK/HOUSTON) - First it was red light cameras at certain intersections. Now Houston police are looking to install other cameras to help them fight crime. It's a solution other cities have come up with and it's always met with controversy.

With all this talk of hiring more police officers and not enough money to do it, Houston's police chief has offered a new proposal. This plan includes placing surveillance cameras at crime hot spots such as malls, apartment complexes and those areas where prostitutes and drug dealers hang out.

The video would be fed directly into the police department. Chief Harold Hurtt says it's really no different that the red light cameras which will eventually be installed at 50 intersections. In fact, there's already a plan to install five of those surveillance cameras in downtown Houston along Main Street to track and monitor any criminal activity.

Chief Hurtt said, "Wherever you go in a city this size you're going to be on video camera or tape at least 12 times a day. If you just think about it, you go to a convenience store, you get gas, you go to the bank, you drive down the street in front of people's houses where motion sets off the cameras, you're already on camera. I know a lot of people are concerned about big brother. My response to that is, if you're not doing anything wrong, why should you worry about it?"

Chief Hurtt believes it would be cheaper to have the cameras than to hire enough police officers and have them at every street corner. He's even suggesting that those homeowners who have too many calls for service to their homes be forced to install the cameras as well. "

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After Hurtt's reactions to Katrina and car carry... I had no confidence in him.

Now it's definitely time for him to go.

He just can't do the job. He's proven it. He needs to go.

Hurtt doesn't want regular folk to carry handguns in their cars, but now he wants "surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets and even private homes" !!??

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4508858

"Police chief wants surveillance cameras in Houston apartments

HOUSTON Houston's police chief is suggesting putting surveillance cameras in apartment complexes, downtown streets and even private homes.

Chief Harold Hurtt today said it's another way of combatting crime amid a shortage of officers.

Houston is dealing with too many police retirements, too few recruits and a population increase of about 150-thousand hurricane refugees.

Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf coast in late August.

Rita hit southeast Texas about one month later.

The Houston City Council is considering a public safety tax to pay for more officers.

Scott Henson with the American Civil Liberties Union calls Hurtt's proposal to require surveillance cameras as part of some building permits -- "radical and extreme."

Houston Mayor Bill White hasn't talked with Hurtt about his idea, but sees it as more of a "brainstorm" than a "decision.""