Baltimore County police officers may soon be able to use hidden security cameras to monitor busy intersections, parks and schools from their cruisers miles away, under a plan officials are “actively exploring.”

Councilman Kevin Kamenetz on Monday called for the expansion of mandated video surveillance in shopping center parking lots to include other public property. He announced the proposal from Hunt Valley Towne Center, where helmet-wearing security guards on Segways are visible warnings for would-be shoplifters and other criminals.