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Still no cameras in Norfolk parking garages

by Patrick Terpstra, 13News

WVEC.com

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 4:55 PM

Updated Thursday, Nov 19 at 5:23 PM

NORFOLK -- Thursday morning's double shooting inside a Norfolk parking garage has people wondering, where are the security cameras?

The announcement came weeks after Juan Carlos Ovalle-Peralta was shot and killed in the city's Waterside Garage after a road rage dispute.

The city manager said in April that cameras were on the way.

Here it is November and still no cameras.

Officials say the main issue was bids came in a lot higher than expected, so the contract was reworked.

"Technology was changing and we wanted to make sure we had the best contract, so that slowed the process up. But we're now ready to go," says Stanley Stein, the assistant city manager.

"The pace has been glacial," said Kevin Murphy, president of the Downtown Norfolk Civic League, which has fought for two years for surveillance cameras in garages. "It seems there is no champion in city hall to address this issue."

With the contractor on board, the cameras should be up in January.

 

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