I’d missed this news if it came up earlier. Fox 16 reports the city is spending $104,000 to install surveillance cameras throughout the River Market district. Car break-ins are a particular headache in the nighttime entertainment district, apparently (declining crime rate or no declining crime rate).

They’ll also record a fair amount of public intoxication, I’d wager.

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