U City Approves Contract for New Loop Cameras

The University City City Council Monday approved a contract with Will Electronics to add four additional cameras to the Delmar Loop area. The cost of the addtional cameras is $35,517.

The board voted to add the cameras at its December meeting. The first round of cameras were installed in the Loop over the summer.

The existing cameras are attached to buildings and provide University City Police with a view of the street and public parking lots. While the cameras had been in the works for years, business owners really pushed for them after a particularly disruptive weekend last April in the Loop, which involved hundreds of unruly young people.

Director of Public Works, Parks and Forestry Rich Wilson told the Loop business owners in earlier this month that the in the few months since the installation of the cameras, city officials—especially the police chief—loved the cameras and what they added to the police's ability to solve crimes.

For more on this story:

• Security Cameras Now Up in the Delmar Loop
• Loop Safety: Council Wants to Hear Police Plan
• U City to Heighten Police Surveillance in the Loop
• Loop Surveillance Cameras Should Be Up By June