Hearne: Westport to Unleash “Gangsta Cam’ on Bad Guys

champ-plate2Coming soon to an entertainment district near you…

It may be the Age of the Drone, but Kansas City’s premier entertainment district is going to stick with the tried and the true in its ongoing battle to keep bad guys out of Westport.

“Pretty soon we’ll be putting some signs up that say, ‘You’re being recorded,’ ” a source says. “We have a camera system now, but it’s like six or seven years old. So we have a really good camera system that will be in by summer. And with the new one we’ll be able to read license plates really good.”

Westport suffered through a handful of shootings and gun battles this past year, accompanied by reports like one about a blue SUV with tinted windows speeding away.

22095739_BG2Will the prospect of the getaway cars getting ID’d make the bad guys think twice?

Remains to be seen.

But they’ll definitely be fore warned, says the source.

“You know, like, ‘Smile, you’re on Westport Candid Camera.’ “

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8 Responses to Hearne: Westport to Unleash “Gangsta Cam’ on Bad Guys

  1. hahhararley says:

    I love the Kelly family. But cameras won’t make a difference.
    Its all over the nation.
    We need a social/educational/and political revolution….and yes
    folks…its coming.

  2. the man show says:

    Is this a government initiative or a business district initiative (not sure of the correct term)? Is it private or public, thats what I mean. Is it feeding into Police or to business owners? Obviously, private or public it will be used to procesute crimes.

  3. Ford says:

    The Powertrain Electronics department here at Ford has been tasked by the federal government to develope a device that will recieve a radio signal from a broadcast unit inside a police car that once detected will enable a chase officer to electronically dissable the drive train of the vehicle being chased, by automaticly shifting it into neutral – you can’t simply turn the vehicle off as that would dissable the steering and braking systems creating the potential for a hazard to the public.

    • Ford says:

      Supposed to be a reply to hahahharley. sorry.

      • hahhararley says:

        no problem ford….traditional cameras won’t work…
        but I lovek this idea…..great idea provided the police
        are sure this is the right vehicle.
        there will be legal challenges as there were to all
        engine cut off devices in the past.
        Don’t worry…I’m familiar with the shut down devices…
        but police need to use this as the law allows and not use
        to harass drivers.
        great idea….somebody made a million dollars.
        hopefully it will keep the criminals in check!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        and ford…feel free to contact me at law4life1000@yahoo.com.
        excellent idea!~

  4. Whatever happend to KCTalk? says:

    People still go to Westport were the Black Plague still runs wild???

    Sigh…rubes…

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