NO City Council Approves Funding for French Quarter Cameras
Safety and security improvements are underway in the French Quarter. On Thursday, city councilors approved an ordinance to allocate $780,450 for improvements that will include additional lighting, the purchase and installation of security cameras, and training for the French Quarter Supplemental Patrol Program through of the New Orleans Police Department. The city said it would use the excess funds it already has and reallocate them to make these improvements. Ronnie Julian, owner of Napoleon’s Itch on Bourbon Street, told WDSU he was working with a detective to make sure the cameras near his business were working. He says he had problems with crime in his business. “It will turn anyone away,” Julian said. “A lot of these cameras actually have red lights to show when they’re actually being used for whatever the city will do for them.” , and he feels there is little investment in the French Quarter. He said these improvements are a step in the right direction. “I think it’s twofold. I think it will have an immediate effect on arriving customers and make them feel safer,” Ross said. “It begins the narrative and the progression that needs to happen on Bourbon Street and the French Quarter.”
Safety and security improvements are underway in the French Quarter.
On Thursday, city councilors approved an ordinance to allocate $780,450 for improvements that will include additional lighting, the purchase and installation of security cameras, and training for the French Quarter Supplemental Patrol Program through of the New Orleans Police Department.
The city said it would use the excess funds it already has and reallocate them to make these improvements.
Ronnie Julian, owner of Napoleon’s Itch on Bourbon Street, told WDSU he was working with a detective to make sure the cameras near his business were working.
He says he has had problems with crime in his business.
“It will turn anyone away,” Julian said. “A lot of these cameras actually have red lights to show when they’re actually being used for whatever the city will do for them.”
Chris Ross, a real estate consultant and former Cats Meow security guard, told WDSU that crime has increased over the years and he feels there is little investment in the French Quarter. He said these improvements are a step in the right direction.
“I think it’s twofold. I think it will have an immediate effect on arriving customers and make them feel safer,” Ross said.
“It begins the narrative and the progression that needs to happen on Bourbon Street and the French Quarter.”
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