October 14, 2016 6:15 PM
[h=1]KDKA Investigates: 28 Percent Of Pittsburgh Surveillance Cameras Not Working
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45 of the city’s 163 surveillance cameras, or 28 percent of them, were not fully operational. This, despite a $75,000 a year maintenance contract with with Hitachi Data Systems of Santa Clara, California. But Hissrich found that Hitachi was not to blame.
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...the Public Safety Department has now taken over the maintenance of the cameras and Hissrich and Assistant Director Mike Huss say they’re more concerned with getting the cameras fixed.
“There’s eyes on it every day. We’re holding people accountable and we’re making sure that the cameras are up and working,” Huss said.
“Important thing is once we do get it up operational that we have checks on it weekly and make sure those cameras are operational at the time that we need them,” Hissrich said.