January 2nd, 2023 by WCBC Radio
Efforts are continuing to enhance security downtown. Last summer Cumberland Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Matt Miller announced the receipt of $95,400 from the state Department of Housing and Community Development's Community Safety Works grant program to be used for surveillance equipment. Miller said the funds "will cover costs for cameras, computer equipment, monitors, communication equipment, video recorders and labor." Additionally, the funding will provide Ring doorbell cameras to interested downtown business owners. Those cameras will prove particularly useful for providing "added camera angles and visibility at storefront levels at as many storefronts as possible, and will be helpful during police investigations of unfortunate incidences downtown." Miller said the security upgrades complement the planned renovations of the Baltimore Street pedestrian mall. CEDC member, Mayor Ray Morriss said the mere presence of cameras lends a level of safety for those shopping downtown…
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