New camera network slated for crime-ridden neighborhood

The District is partnering with the private sector to purchase and install nearly 30 closed-circuit cameras in the crime-ravaged Trinidad neighborhood, which the Metropolitan Police Department can actively monitor 24 hours a day.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Mayor Adrian Fenty on Friday laid out plans for the D.C. version of the Safe City initiative, a privately funded public safety program operating in more than 20 cities including Baltimore, Boston and Compton, Calif.