The Lancaster Coalition for Peace and Justice has announced that it is sponsoring “a town hall meeting” on surveillance cameras this Sunday, July 12, at 2:00 PM in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 538 W Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA.
The announcement, made in an article by Bill Adams in the LCPJ’s online publication, The Lancaster Voice, states, “We will present both sides of this issue as well as field questions from those in attendance. There will also be a petition available to sign calling for increased transparency of the LCSC [Lancaster Community Safety Coalition] and urging City Council to hold a public meeting regarding the installation of cameras on city and county property.”
The article states, “The video surveillance program originated in 2003 when the creation of the Lancaster Community Safety Coalition was announced in the Crime Commission’s Final Report to The People of Lancaster. Joe Morales, the LCSC Executive Director, was quoted in an article appearing in the Lancaster newspapers as describing Lancaster as the ‘most watched city’ in the country. It was this article that coalesced individuals concerned with video surveillance into the LCPJ working group and focused the attention of a nation on Lancaster.”
The article states, “The video surveillance program originated in 2003 when the creation of the Lancaster Community Safety Coalition was announced in the Crime Commission’s Final Report to The People of Lancaster. Joe Morales, the LCSC Executive Director, was quoted in an article appearing in the Lancaster newspapers as describing Lancaster as the ‘most watched city’ in the country. It was this article that coalesced individuals concerned with video surveillance into the LCPJ working group and focused the attention of a nation on Lancaster.”
On June 27, the LCPJ working group held a rally in downtown Lancaster to oppose the blanket video surveillance of Lancaster City and to express their issues with this form of surveillance.
Adams in the LCPJ’s online publication, The Lancaster Voice, states, “We will present both sides of this issue as well as field questions from those in attendance. There will also be a petition available to sign calling for increased transparency of the LCSC [Lancaster Community Safety Coalition] and urging City Council to hold a public meeting regarding the installation of cameras on city and county property.”
