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Originally Posted by SpongeG
Surveillance cameras to be installed downtown for the Games
Approximately video 100 cameras will be installed throughout the downtown core to watch the streets during the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games.
The city says the devices will be on Granville Street from Drake to Cordova, on Robson Street from Bute to Beatty, on Hamilton/Mainland from Georgia to Drake, along with LiveCity Yaletown and LiveCity Downtown.
Signs will advise people they are being watched.
"The cameras will be deactivated and no further monitoring will take place after March 28, 2010," a city press release said.
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http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment...talled+downtown+Games/2315334/story.html
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All that money, organization, time and energy for something that will last only months. I personally think they should leave some of them up, but knowing Vancouver thatd be a difficult idea to fly.