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Ingham County seeks proposals from qualified firms for the purpose of furnishing rental uniforms, cleaning of such uniforms, rental and cleaning of area protection mats, dust mops, and towels for the Ingham County Department of Transportation & Roads. Proposal document is online at http:// pu.ingham.org under the Current Bids link and assigned #3-13. Direct all questions to jhudgins@ ingham.org no later than 3 PM on January 24th. Proposals are due on January 31st by 11 AM. City Pulse • January 16, 2013 www.lansingcitypulse.com 5 PULSE NEWS & OPINION However, the ACLU is more skeptical group” that is a partnership between Eyes in the sky of data it has received, calling the results the Lansing branch of the ACLU of “mixed” and inconclusive. Michigan and Brown’s Knollwood Willow Inconclusive data still pits The ACLU report looked at stats from Neighborhood Association. The coalition Lansing police against civil liber- 2009 and 2010, which showed crime wants the city to get rid of the cameras ties advocates over surveillance increased within 500 feet of cameras at and points to the ACLU report that says OF THE WEEK cameras after first homicide of five of 12 locations. In three other loca- cameras are ineffective in other cities. the year tions, crime may have been down within While police stats may show crime is 500 feet but increased within 1,000 feet. decreasing around the cameras, Watkins Lansing’s first homicide of 2013 in The report called the results “mixed.” wonders whether it’s simply moving to plain view of one of the city’s surveillance Yankowski disagrees. other places. Yankowski says there’s “no cameras has renewed criticism of their “The data shows that the cameras were direct evidence to support displacement effectiveness. effective in those areas,” Yankowski wrote of crime.” These types of crimes aren’t supposed in an email. “Have crimes been commit- Watkins also points to the ACLU to happen in front of these cameras, ted in areas where a camera is located, report that cites research from Oakland opponents say. yes. However, I point to the crime stats University saying cameras dispropor- “What they said initially is that these that show that in most instances crime tionately monitor African Americans. were going to prevent crime. If that was has decreased in areas where cameras are The coalition believes the money spent true, why would it still happen in front of located.” Yankowski said surveillance data on maintaining cameras — about the cameras?” asks Walter Brown, a vocal is reviewed on a monthly and yearly basis. $15,000 annually, according to LPD — critic of the cameras who’s presi- could be spent on other police Property: 841 Cawood St., Lansing dent of the Knollwood Willow resources. Owner: Ingham County Treasurer Neighborhood Association on the Brown has made his case Assessed value: $24,400 north side, where the shooting against the cameras before the took place.