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FPRA approves $51,266 for cameras after residents urge more downtown safety measures
Summary
At its June 11 meeting the Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency approved $51,266 for 12 overt cameras across the redevelopment area after residents urged more surveillance downtown amid concerns about theft and recent shootings; the board also approved a parking-lot contract and a lease termination on the consent agenda.
The Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency voted June 11 to spend $51,266.40 to buy 12 overt surveillance cameras for key locations in the redevelopment area after several residents urged the board to expand downtown coverage and take tougher steps on public safety.
Resident Becky Demanuel, who gave her address to the board, said she had noticed multiple streetlights out in downtown stretches such as East Second Street and Indian River Drive and urged the city to add cameras downtown in addition to the redevelopment-area purchase because business owners and visitors frequent that corridor. “I think it…
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