"Some helpful hints for police officers,in catching the bad guys"

Wow. Not only is this idea immoral, I'm glad that it's currently illegal! But with the Patriot Act, and wiretap law being renewed, we're probably not that far from it. The biggest gaffe in your post is that you seem to assume that the most crime is happening in the so-called "hood", when nothing is further from the truth. The news reports the "hood" crimes because the image of minority and crime must go hand and hand to fit into the white supremist mindset. Where do you need cameras to catch crooks? How about in the halls of Congress or the White House or corporate meeteing rooms where they are secretly trading inside info to manipulate stocks and oil prices. Drugs and gangs aren't ruining America, corruption by goverment and business leaders is.

Also, in my old "hood", they finally did put up cameras, but somehow that info got back to the block, and they just started selling in a different location. Cameras, like the law, can only identify. We have to think of solutions to end the problem altogether. Tell me, what have we done, and what we will do to make sure that young black men and women get to after school programs, and other things to keep them occupied?