HONOLULU (KHON2) — City officials plan to more than double the video surveillance at Ala Moana Regional Park.
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Several cameras have been in operation for years, but officials plan to install dozens more.
A total of 23 surveillance cameras are already rolling in Ala Moana Regional Park. City officials said they are always recording, but footage is only reviewed by authorities after a crime is reported. Home security experts said that is not unusual.
“Usually we don’t have the manpower for somebody to sit there and watch it all the time, unless it’s a private company or a private security guard watching over these thing, I doubt they’ll be watched,” said Security Alarm Shop president Joey Ching.
In 2016, several cameras were installed around restrooms and one of the L&L locations in Ala Moana, but the City plans to install 25 more in less than 10 days and the Neighborhood Board said they were never notified.