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12 st0ufftiuesmmbahemthtirktajah4 2007 consultation needed before cameras chief byjoefantauzzi staff writer ever feel like youre being watched as toronto police continue to install closed circuit cameras downtown york regional police chief armand la barge wont con sider it without extensive public consultation torontos force has been placing the cameras on poles at intersec tions along downtown yonge street including around dundas street where 15yearold jane creba was slain by a stray bullet and six other people were wounded in a shootout on boxing day 2005 while chief la barge supports the way torontos chief bill blair is using cameras york doesnt have the major urban core or the crime rate to justify cameras here it has been suggested before but there has been no serious discus sion on a pilot project chief la barge said privacy is a major sticking point there needs to be some greater public debate on this issue on a communitybycommunity basis chief la barge said the chief wants legislators to clarify privacy issues surrounding cameras rather than the courts handing down a decision a project overview from toron tos force states being pho tographed in public is nothing out of the ordinary people are exposed to closed circuit cameras in virtually every aspect of their daily lives from going to a bank to purchasing fuel buying groceries visiting a shop ping mall driving on a highway or while dropping into their local cof- there is still a right to privacy even if it is in a public place morris manning lawyer fee shop the report states the use of electronic surveil lance has come under fire however in 2001 thenfederal privacy commissioner george radwanski challenged the use of a camera by the rcmp in a kelowna bc park allegedly filled with drug users he launched a challenge under the canadian charter of rights and freedoms to stop the monitoring but it was eventually thrown out of court on technical grounds with out a decision reached on friday morris manning who represented mr radwanski in the challenge called the debate over the use of cameras a live issue since toronto is using them there is no empirical proof cam eras play a major role in stopping crime he said adding criminals just move to other areas i think we need to look at it from a law enforcement perspec tive but if theyre just going to put cameras up without justifying it we need to look at that mr manning said there is still a right to privacy even if it is in a public place theres also a cost factor police officers are needed to watch what is being monitored chief la barge said that said chief la barge has seen surveillance cameras used in israel to capture a suspect wanted in a hate crime against a hasidic jew without those cameras they may have never solved that crime he said in the chiefs opinion thats the best use of cameras as a toolfor deploying law enforcement to crimes in progress but what cameras and even photo radar cant do is replace offi cers on the streets he said 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