New Campus Cameras
Security Plan to Install High Tech Cameras
Barbara Zacharewskaja
Issue date: 3/1/08 Section: News
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Head of Security, Jack Murphy said about 90-100 cameras are planned for installation around campus on every level of the building, hallways, and parking lots.
The cameras that Wright currently has are 15 years old, but the cameras to be installed are the newest technology available, having the capacity to adapt to weather such as rain, snow, clouds, and fog.
"We are constantly looking at ways to make sure that we have the latest technology and that we are doing everything we possibly can to ensure the safety of our staff and students," Murphy said. "I would like to make this the safest campus in the city of Chicago; give people the perception that they are on a safe campus and that the public safety department is there to assist them."
Murphy hopes that people understand the new cameras are not here to be intrusive, but to assist security in providing safety.
Murphy, a Chicago police officer for 30 years and from his personal experience, believes that cameras deter behavior. "When people think that they are being videoed, they have a tendency to behave."
Wright President Dr. Charles Guengerich, however, feels that cameras will not prevent such events like Virginia Tech and NIU from occuring. "You read about the terrorist attacks where people make themselves human bombs and know that they are going to die. Cameras aren't going to prevent that and won't even detect that," Guengerich said.
Nevertheless, Guengerich added that he hopes these new devices will give Wright's security forces the ability to look around the college, see troubled areas, and better patrol the college and parking lots.
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