The Baltimore City Public School System announced a plan Thursday to use $500,000 in federal grant money ? plus matching funds from the city?s fiscal 2008 budget ? for the purchase of comprehensive surveillance systems at 10 schools.

Interim Baltimore City Public School chief executive officer Charlene Boston, Police Commissioner Leonard Hamm, School Police Chief Antonio Williams and several BCPSS principals met at Pimlico Elementary for the announcement of the Community Oriented Policing Services grant and the camera system purchase.

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