NY Mayor Bloomberg outlines citizen camphone hotline

Newsday reports that New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in his State of the City address, outlined a new project to encourage citizens to send in cameraphones shots of any wrondoing: "If you see a crime in progress or a dangerous building condition, you'll be able to transmit images to 911 or online to nyc.gov", he said.

"The city has yet to secure a contract to implement the technology, a mayoral spokeswoman said.

In concept, the system will use technology that is already used by millions of cell phone users every day, Feinblatt said."

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