If you felt like someone was watching as you were out and about this summer, you may be right.

The city launched a CCTV security monitoring program in July and August, amounting to eyes being on the city at all times.

91裸聊视频淓ach year there is a marked increase in security issues in the downtown core,91裸聊视频� reads an item in the 2018 Financial Plan, requesting $30,000 funding a year, for the next three years, to keep the pilot program running.

Areas of concern include, but are not limited to, the Parkades, Queensway Transit Exchange, City hall, Stuart Park and Kasugai Garden.

During the closed circuit television monitoring and rapid Response Co-ordination pilot program91裸聊视频檚 run through the summer, all existing CCTV cameras were monitored 24 hours day, seven days per week.

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91裸聊视频淭hat produced 425 co-ordinated responses to emergent situations involving criminal activity, mischief, loitering and vandalism,91裸聊视频� reads the report.

According to the report, the pilot was very successful, particularly the rapid response component.

91裸聊视频淚f the budget item is to increase security funding and implement a full-time CCTV monitoring program for the city the deliverable is a safer city through proactive response to security concerns related to intoxication, drug use, theft and confrontation/aggressive behaviour from transients, homeless, youth and individuals known to law enforcement,91裸聊视频� according to the budget request.

Kelowna city council will deliberate on its 2018 municipal budget this week. Council will receive a staff presentation of the 2018 financial plan at its regular meeting Dec. 11 meeting, and will hold its annual budget deliberations during an all-day session Dec. 14.

The provisional financial plan includes the proposed 3.59 per cent tax increase based on the cost of maintaining existing services and adding new resources for next year. The final tax increase won91裸聊视频檛 be known until April when the budget must be finalized and all budget requests have been reviewed by council.

FACEBOOK FEEDBACK

Online readers have had a lot to say about CCTV cameras being manned. Here91裸聊视频檚 a sample.

Dave Stringer: If you are doing nothing wrong, what do you have to worry! The sad part is there91裸聊视频檚 a sector of people having no respect for anything or anybody resulting in monitoring certain areas.

Doug Mehus: It91裸聊视频檚 kind of sad, really, how pervasive surveillance cameras have become alongside their obligatory notification signage that we91裸聊视频檝e become somewhat oblivious to them and, by extension, more accepting of them. If you91裸聊视频檇 asked us this 15-20 years ago, and you did, you91裸聊视频檇 see more apprehension and unease vis a vis loss of privacy, becoming a 91裸聊视频減olice state,91裸聊视频� etc.

Deep Sidhu: We people are police, police are us. It91裸聊视频檚 all our society the police, the security, the government, it91裸聊视频檚 all us. Its one of us. So I would have cameras everywhere. To catch mischief. Simple.

Lo Atkinson: Seriously - disappointing we as a society have become so negative- where has trust and being good neighbor gone?

Steven Sims: Of course! Cameras, spying on us and invading our privacy is all part of the agenda.

Donna Love: They are needed.

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