Park and Pillage lots get security cams and call boxes

Yesterday Rad Sallee gave us new details of Metro's Park and Pillage security system. Whereas the Metro Police Chief said he ended the security guard program because the $1 million price tag was too steep, almost two years later he's coughing up $16 million to put state-of-the-art security cams, call boxes, and remote controlled gates in the lots. So state-of-the-art, in fact, Metro spokeswoman Raequel Roberts notes that spare parts can be bought "off-the-shelf, making repair easier," presumably in case someone decides to disable the surveillance cameras.

Amusingly, less than two months ago, Chief Lambert repeated his assertion that the security guards were cost-prohibitive. Let's see: $1 million vs. $16 million. I dunno. That government math is sure different.

Anyway, I'm late to the story, but Laurence Simon and Matt Bramanti tackled it yesterday, so go read their takes if you haven't already.

Posted by Anne Linehan @ 11/28/06 03:45 PM | Houston Miscellany | Technorati | Sphere | Comments (6)

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