A Change in Fighting Crime

For this week's post about change I found quite an interesting article about the new way the city of Chicago is responding to crime in their city. The article I read is called "Chicago Links Street Cameras in its 911 Network" and it was written by Karen Ann Cullotta. In hopes to lower crime rates and make correct arrests easier and faster Chicago has linked their street cameras to their 911 network. This means that when a person calls 911, a street camera finds them and the dispatcher is able to see them directly on a screen in hopes of easily spotting the criminal or simply just a car accident. The change in this process is hopefully going to be able to make it easier for officers to make arrests and also easier for them to locate car crashes and crime scenes. Although this change is seen as a positive move for the city, people are skeptical as to weather or not it violates our privacy as citizens and weather it will really be worth the 6 million dollars spent on it. I personally think this change will benefit the city and may become popular in other big cities as well. I think change is something we as humans aren't always willing to accept right away but in the long run, this change may be able to impact the crime rates in larger cities.