If the camera adds 10 pounds, then New York City subways are about to become freight trains—a pair will be installed on each MTA car, announced Gov. Kathy Hochul last week.
“We’re having two security cameras that’ll cover the widths of the train, installed on each one of the [6,355] subway trains,” she said at a Queens press conference. “I’m optimistic and I believe they will also be a deterrent to people. You’re going to be caught, if you conduct any activity—whether an aggressive act or violent crime.”
Schulz, the MTA-Metro North Railroad Police’s first female captain, also doubts the cameras will be effective crime-fighting tools. From her experience, footage is used for retroactive investigation—tape is pulled and used to identify a person after something happens. “Living in a sweeping surveillance state shouldn’t be the price we pay to be safe. Real public safety comes from investing in our communities, not from omnipresent government surveillance.”
Both Cahn and Schulz cite the Sunset Park R Train shooting this past April as an example of cameras’ inefficacy—video recording at the 36th Street station malfunctioned during the attack, although other subway surveillance footage did help retrace and identify the shooter.
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