Yesterday Rad Sallee gave us new details of Metro’s Park and Pillage security system. Whereas the Metro Police Chief said he ended the security guard program because the $1 million price tag was too steep, almost two years later he’s coughing up $16 million to put state-of-the-art security cams, call boxes, and remote controlled gates in the lots. So state-of-the-art, in fact, Metro spokeswoman Raequel Roberts notes that spare parts can be bought “off-the-shelf, making repair easier,” presumably in case someone decides to disable the surveillance cameras.
Amusingly, less than two months ago, Chief Lambert repeated his assertion that the security guards were cost-prohibitive. Let’s see: $1 million vs. $16 million. I dunno. That government math is sure different.
Anyway, I’m late to the story, but Laurence Simon and Matt Bramanti tackled it yesterday, so go read their takes if you haven’t already.
