Surveillance Cameras to Be Installed in Downtown for RNC Convention

Tampa City Council voted ‘yes’ to the purchase of surveillance cameras to be installed in downtown during this summer's Republican National Convention, ABC Action News reports.

“It is for the benefit of the general public,” said Council member Charlie Miranda on Thursday, March 1, according to the local TV station.

ABC Action News reports that Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor will not say where exactly and how many cameras will be deployed.

Talk is still under way about what will happen to the cameras once the Republican National Convention is over.

Council member Mary Mulhern was the only one to vote against the spending of $2 million in federal grant money to buy the cameras, the TV station reports.

"I think there are going to be a lot of people in this city who do not want cameras installed, all over, downtown and wherever else," said Mulhern, according to ABC Action News.

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