French Quarter could be blanketed in city surveillance cameras under new plan

The French Quarter, already one of the most heavily surveilled parts of New Orleans, could soon see a significant expansion of city-controlled crime cameras and other surveillance equipment under a proposal before the New Orleans City Council.

The French Quarter Management District (FQMD), a public agency tasked with “enhancing public safety and sanitation” in the historic district, is asking the council to increase its budget by $700,000, most of which would go to installing city-owned surveillance cameras, now largely concentrated along Bourbon Street, throughout the neighborhood.

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