Residents warming up to idea of security cameras - THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, Mark Ferenchik

The phony security cameras have been gone from E. Stewart Avenue in German Village and Merion Village neighborhoods for more than a month.

Columbus crews never got a chance to take down the three cameras from city-owned utility poles on Stewart between Schiller Park and Parsons Avenue.

Whoever put them up, in an effort to dissuade those considering a break-in or worse, removed them after the city said it would because the devices were put up without permission.
But those bogus cameras have caused some to think about real security cameras and whether the city should install them in neighborhoods to prevent crime.

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