Mount Clemens, Michigan plans to install security cameras outside downtown bars

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By WSBT 24/7 News

Story Created: Feb 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM EST

Story Updated: Feb 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM EST

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — Mount Clemens plans to use security cameras in effort to crack down on fights outside downtown bars.

The Macomb Daily and the Detroit Free Press report officials plan to erect a pair of cameras in the parking lot behind the Emerald Theatre. Police in the Detroit suburb will be able to zoom in on images to identify those on camera.

Officials this week said they hope it will cut down on problems. Mount Clemens would pay about $11,000 for two cameras.

Shelli Weisberg, legislative director for the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan, calls the effort an encroachment on privacy. She says police on the streets is more effective for fighting crime.

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