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Security Cameras in Lawrence Won’t Invade Privacy, City Officials Say

Dozens of security cameras installed earlier this year in the high-crime city of Lawrence will be used to assist police in tracking down suspects in crimes but "will not be used" to "invade the privacy of individuals, survey the interior of private premises except as could be seen from the outside with a naked eye, harass and intimidate any individual or group, or, finally, for the sole purpose of viewpoint surveillance," according to regulations set to go into effect in August. The cameras are

Dozens of security cameras installed earlier this year in the high-crime city of Lawrence will be used to assist police in tracking down suspects in crimes but "will not be used" to "invade the privacy of individuals, survey the interior of private premises except as could be seen from the outside with a naked eye, harass and intimidate any individual or group, or, finally, for the sole purpose of viewpoint surveillance," according to regulations set to go into effect in August. The cameras are…