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Boca Raton Proposes City-Wide Surveillance System WPBF-TV BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Boca Raton city leaders set a plan in motion on Thursday for a city-wide video monitoring system. The system would take video security to another level, police said. It's something that's already being done in Chicago and New York City. While Boca police said it's a crime-fighting tool, some people think it's an invasion of privacy. "It's a huge tool for us that we see enhancing public safety in our city," Boca Raton police Chief Dan Alexander said.
(Article continues below) The system would link current traffic cameras, public building cameras and possibly those on private property -- including the Town Center Mall and Mizner Park. The system would be monitored from a central location called the Fusion Center. Alexander said with the new system, police will be able to collect real-time information as crimes occur and collect better evidence. "After events occur, to be able to go back from an investigative standpoint, there are a number of high-profile events in which people have seen video," Alexander said. That was the case with the Town Center Mall slayings. In December, Nancy Bochicchio and her daughter, Joey, were kidnapped from the mall and killed. Weeks later, surveillance video of the pair was released. While it has yet to lead detectives to a killer, they said they're continuing to hold out hope. In March 2007, Randi Gorenberg was shot and thrown out of her SUV in Delray Beach. Surveillance video also caught her leaving the Boca Town Center Mall. The public has a mixed reaction about the new system. "It's important that the public knows someone is watching what they're doing," Boca Raton resident Sandy Alfasi said. "I think it's a violation of privacy," Boca Raton resident Shawn Landeck said. "I don't care for it."
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