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<blockquote data-quote="KPRC2" data-source="post: 20254" data-attributes="member: 148">Houston City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that will now require security cameras and lighting at certain businesses.Houston Police Chief said the new requirements would help combat an increase of violence crime in the city.Under the new guidelines, nightclubs, bars, sexually-oriented businesses, convenience stores and game rooms operating in the city will have to install security cameras for enhanced safety, ensuring coverage from the exterior of the business to its property line. The cameras must be working at all times.It will also require convenience stores to install lighting in any place where customers are allowed and turned on between sunset and sunrise.According to the ordinance, a business owner must save video footage for no less than 30 days, and provide HPD with the footage within 72 hours of a request.The amendment would take effect about three months after it’s approved.<a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/04/20/houston-city-council-passes-ordinance-requiring-security-cameras-lighting-for-some-businesses/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="KPRC2, post: 20254, member: 148"] Houston City Council passed an ordinance Wednesday that will now require security cameras and lighting at certain businesses. Houston Police Chief said the new requirements would help combat an increase of violence crime in the city. Under the new guidelines, nightclubs, bars, sexually-oriented businesses, convenience stores and game rooms operating in the city will have to install security cameras for enhanced safety, ensuring coverage from the exterior of the business to its property line. The cameras must be working at all times. It will also require convenience stores to install lighting in any place where customers are allowed and turned on between sunset and sunrise. According to the ordinance, a business owner must save video footage for no less than 30 days, and provide HPD with the footage within 72 hours of a request. The amendment would take effect about three months after it’s approved. [url="https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/04/20/houston-city-council-passes-ordinance-requiring-security-cameras-lighting-for-some-businesses/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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