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Who’s Watching?: February Text Message Results

New Orleans's $40 million public safety plan means as many as 1500 security cameras are going up around the city, making it one of the most surveilled places in the country.

1. Do more cameras make you feel more safe or less safe? Why?

They’re not preventative for crime. They only record the act. I know first hand how little cameras deter criminal behavior. They should use that money to hire more cops on the street. I think this is a bad decision.

Yes. Perhaps people will stop driving like jack asses. I’m torn on this issue. But there are so many guns on the streets it seems like it has to be done. But there needs to be transparency. Can citizens call for footage to document interactions with the police?

Are these different than the speeding cameras?

Yes the cameras make me feel safe because when a person or something commits a crime the authorities can see who it was.

Less safe, BIG BROTHER NAZI DEATH CULT, OY VEY

I am not buried in the day to happening. However when I do glance I believe there has been improvement in crime rates somewhat... can it be attributed to the cameras... I don't believe. There purpose seems to only benefit the dmv.

Less!

Neither need to know what’s going to be done once the camera detects something! If it shows that they detect and police react quickly and successfully, then I will feel safer. But do think it is good to have and have potential to help keep community safe

New Orleans Crime Camera Idea The above idea was tried before. After the crime cameras were installed and in place for a period of time, as a result of poor maintenance, I think, some cameras worked and other cameras were in place but in a state of disrepair. The cameras must be put in place in high crime areas where there are no cameras in place at all. Also, the information from cameras that are attached to residents and businesses should be accessible to law enforcement, tied into the city's system. The people that work in the control center should be made familiar with the city's system, extensively trained. Employer should expect employees to be awake and alert at all times, soba and serious when it comes to doing the job for which they were hired.

More safe with cameras? Knowing that we'll be wasting more money on passive, reactionary measures? No way. That money should be spent on community outreach programs and education that heal the real urban crisis- a lack of active concern for those in need . the people that have reached the desperation to resort to violence and crime are sick, and need the care and concern from their immediate community that has been denied them. They need to be shown their worth in our city, not hunted by the cold eye of a camera(that will probably be managed by a remote company, like the traffic camera.) we need to show love and empathy as a city. Perhaps art, music, food, etc.(the things that we offer at a world-class level) can begin the necessary dialogue between the potential criminal and the potential victim. We need an innovative and creative vision for building bridges to understanding and respecting each other. those cameras are not the innovation we need. those cameras will only continue to feed the corrupt jail system and further alienate those most in need of the healing potential that is the spirit of this truly special culture. no more fear-driven campaigns!!

Less because they didn’t ask me and have no rules

More safe I guess. We'll have better surveillance video to see on the news.

No difference. The cameras are easily spotted and the crimes will shift to areas where the cameras are not. I am more concerned with the cameras being used in an abuse of power.

Neither. It seems like crimes caught on camera are just as likely not to be solved. I’d like to see data, not from other cities but from our own, about whether the presence of cameras either deters or raises the percentage of solved cases. If not, spend the money on communities in need.

Better use of that money would be for programs for our youth to keep them off the streets and provide pathways to success. Hire more teachers and counselors in our "public" school system to provide more support for our youth. Or for programs to assist incarcerated fathers, educating them on how to be a present parent and job training for when they are released. Or rehabilitation programs for people who commit crimes instead of jail. Or higher paying jobs to keep up with the increasing cost of housing.

It would be cool if the NOPD had access to it.

If the city put as much money into helping people get out of poverty as they are spending on surveillance we would have a long-term solution. As long as people

Less safe. So much less safe. Because it's like a restriction on personal freedom, that is unasked for and unwanted. If they truly want to lessen crime they should work on healing our minds, so that no one is in so much pain and such a terrible living situation to do such a thing in the first place. Rather than causing even more fear with the sensation "oh no I'm being watched." We need to work on healing the fear, not adding to it.

I think they can make things safer, but I worry about long-term use of the system. It sounds silly, but 1,500 cameras in the wrong hands could lead in dark directions. Who watches the watchmen and women?

No 👎 hire veterans for the NOPD

Until there are proven statistics showing that these cameras decrease NOPD response times, no sane person should feel any safer any closer we come to achieving an Orwellian panopticon society

The cameras make feel same, adding more cameras is not the solution, the solution is giving real punishment to the real crime , examples, the pedophilia, murderers, rapists, should be punished with death penalty to show the small crime the law is real.

No, because like everything else, City will spend this money and service will not work. Either that, or we will spend twice as much as we're told it will.

They don’t make me feel less safe, but they certainly don’t make me feel more safe (at all) and they anger me because it’s so, so much revenue being directed to private surveillance companies with no real value add to the city.

More safe IF the masses know about them

It doesn't change how safe I feel, but does give hope that it crime occurs it can be captured. Unless the cameras are constantly monitored with police response, having unattended cameras doesn't affect safety.

I'm not sure if If makes me feel safer. Are surveillance cameras proven to be a crime deterrent? I noticed cameras up on St Charles and still there was a shooting Mardi Gras day. What does concern me is profiling and false identifications. I'm a white woman but if I were a black man, I would be terrified. Every black man I know has been profiled.

It’s a little creepy and a little reassuring. But what’s the range, how are the cameras monitored and who repairs when broken?!!!

The cameras don't deter crime. The recent spate of shootings proves that. This is a waste of $40 million in a city that's nearly drowning.

Yes! More surveillance is what New Orleans needs! Let these fuckers know they are being watched! I truly believe surveillance deters crime. If anyone complains about losing their privacy and not wanting the cameras, then they must’ve bumped their heads! The cameras aren’t being installed in the privacy of our homes! They are going to be installed outside.... in public! I’m not doing anything wrong, so I could care less if I’m on video. The problem with New Orleans is that everyone wants change but don’t want to change.

More safe. Should be done in coordination with programs like Nextdoor. We've stopped multiple problems by sharing information and warnings.

When it comes to law enforcement, I only care about hard data. Of course, very little hard data is collected on the police and their activities, because they are afraid of scrutiny from civilians. So no one actually knows what works and what doesn't, and the conversation becomes about how safe people "feel," instead of how safe they actually are.

The cameras make me feel like the city doesn't trust me

Maybe a little bit feeling safer--but I think street lights would be better. And there's research to back that cameras don't actually deter crime. Community programming, education, healthcare and jobs do, though

Less. What part of “watched by the government” is reassuring?

No, not more safe. The cameras film the crime, but don't prevent it. They haven't seemed to deter crime. Criminals may be identified by the cameras, but I don't think it deters them. People, who commit crimes, don't think about things like cameras. Big waste of money.

Let God be the camera and let us come back to the understanding that it is our God that knows everything! Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant in the days of your young manhood. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the desires of your eyes, but know that God will bring you into judgment for all these things. Therefore, remove sorrow and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, for childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 & THERE, you can save 40 million tax dollars and use it for the GOOD for people.

Neither. But they help in the aftermath so perhaps it is a deterrence to someone planning a crime

I can't say for sure. It's a toss up between feeling safe and having your privacy invaded. It's a very odd feeling.

2. What's a place you go to or pass by often where you've noticed a new camera? How does the camera change how you act?

I’ve seen them uptown and downtown. I don’t even concern myself with them right now

Broadway and Freret. My behavior is the sane but I feel watched.

I really don’t notice but there's one on Claiborne

Eyes in the sky from almighty Lucifer

I feel like I see them everywhere. They remind me of terrorism. I feel much more bullied than say. So I guess I act disturbed which is not my usual act.

I can’t remember but I have noticed a couple cameras between uptown and downtown area. Just makes me think that people may be watching but I uphold the law already so doesn’t make me really act any different however I would assume people would not purposefully do anything against the law directly in front the cameras

The camera's existence does not have an impact on how I ordinarily behave, for I try always to behave in a way that I believe is life giving and contributes with the help and the guidance of GOD in a positive way to humanity.

Big brother will be watching the wrong Channel

Esplanade and rampart. It doesn't change how i behave.

Near my house. On St. Bernard st. I notice it. I’m waiting for the day it's broken like nagins cameras

St. Bernard and Broad has a camera on the corner. It hasn't changed anything for me

Uptown homes as I walk my dogs. Doesn't change my behavior.

It doesn't change anything. It is widely known our police force is understaffed. I have very little faith in the reaction time if anything were to occur.

I drive past the one on the corner of Whitney and Newton in Algiers daily. It doesn't change how I act, but I notice fewer people seem to be hanging around the

There are visible cameras in a parking garage. They make me feel better about security.

Makes me uncomfortable & instead want go somewhere to have interface interaction with good communication

I feel like I'm back in China

I live off of St. Bernard avenue, where a camera is set up at the Marais st. intersection. I bike and drive past it daily. It has not changed my behavior, but has increased my concern over unconstitutional evidence gathering to prosecute, objectively speaking, non-crimes such as soft drug use and improper lane changes. However, until there are proven stats pertaining to NOPD response times, hardened criminals nor I will likely pay any heed to them.

I have seen more cameras by Magazine street for example , but I'm not feel like I'm a bad person and I don't have anything to hide so I will keep doing the same as usually , with more cameras I file same, Same insecure.

There is a camera on toledano past broad street. I got a ticket there a couple of times so now I’m more aware of going slowly. I don’t believe my speed was ever dangerous there, I just ended up paying so much money in tickets I was forced to follow that!

I noticed them around the Mardi Gras parade routes. Me and everyone with me thought they were to monitor traffic and accidents not "security cameras"

St Charles has a bunch of speed/red light cameras. It doesn't change my behavior because I make it a point to not do anything inappropriate or illegal

On Magazine and Valence. I don't behave any differently.

Esplanade Ave near Canseco's and another near CC’s at esplanade. I wonder if they work. I wonder who is watching me. I wonder if I need to slow down!

They're everywhere. It's annoying.

I’ve seen one on St Charles and Erato and I’ve also seen another on Whitney going towards Algiers Point, which is where I reside. It doesn’t change how I act. But I’m not the problem!

Camp St / Sophie Newcomb. Don't act any different when walking. When driving lower my speed and obey stop signs!

A lot of the main intersections, but there's one specific one on magazine st in front of an abandoned old restaurant/corner store and the creepy dudes who hung out in the shadows there aren't around anymore. So that makes me feel a little safer walking by in the dark. But I think street lights would've had the same effect

I haven't seen any new ones. However, when I see one, I do a check of my behavior subconsciously!

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Let's kick the year off right with a new episode of the Listening Post!

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Hey LP Fam! We're going live on IG this Friday while we recap last month's show and introduce our new topic!! Tune in

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Reminiscing on better times in the East. Join us to talk about Nola's past present and future tomorrow on @wwno_fm (89.9) at 1:30 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

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What’s something you’d like to see in Nola’s future?

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That time of year

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What time in Nola history would you go back to see?

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Hey Nola. We’re looking for a new location. Any recommendations? #GetLPNearYou

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Winter Winds in Nola

New Orleanians woke this morning to find a brittle, transparent crystalline solid covering their yards, cars, and roads. We're keeping off the roads, wrapping up in blankets, and entertaining house-kept kids today.

1. How's your life impacted by today's winter weather?

Well, there's an uptick in demand for the inserts I sell to make historic Windows as efficient as replacement windows, but without replacing them.

Hot chocolates all round. Missed work. Thrilled kids!

Had to cancel our gig in Baltimore tonight because all flights out if MSY we're cancelled!

Pipes froze!!!!

Simmering up a curry in the crockpot. I’ve been putting out extra food for the birds & & unfrozen Water, lol. Have backup power for my parrots space heater & to keep my fish tanks a bubbly 80 if the power goes out again. And since there a million things I’ve been meaning to do around the house, I downloaded a couple book to my kindle from the library! Lol

I had no water, my house was only 45 degrees inside and I had to ask a friend if I could shower at her place

I am out of town but keeping NOLA in my thoughts and prayers. more backup work to do

I’m blessed to have a job where most of my work is on the computer, and I can function as long as the internet is working. The heat working is a plus!

Yes. Very cold

Frozen pipes.

Same in Houston - just no kids in my house; however, kids out of school in Birmingham and in house. So, it looks like a wide swath of icy weather across the mid-continent & southern U.S.

We love the cold weather. We all took turns soaking in a hot bath. It’s 55 degrees in our house so we decided we may as well bundle up and go for a walk. It was gorgeous. Just be careful of the black ice!

Fell down my front stairs which had an invisible layer if ice on them. My husband told me the same happened to him. Be aware NOLA !!!

It was impacted wonderfully, no complaints. I cooked gumbo and only left the house to get a king cake from a local bakery. I finished all my school work. I couldn't ask for more as a young XULA English major!

I was able to apply to jobs online and watch three Harry Potter movies in a row. Great day.

No water! Our pipes burst.

Broken pipes.

I know! What was that white substance anyway???

Wonderfully!!!! As a busy single mom, i am enjoying the extra time with my daughter😊

Were fine , just loading up on the beef stew, staying indoors.

Today has been one for the books. However, unfortunately the weather is the least of my concerns. Just when I thought 2018 was going to be better, the challenges started to present themselves. If you are a praying group, please keep me in your prayers.

I stink! No water!

Office is closed, kid's school is closed. Scared to drive on icy roads so I'm glad to stay in. Baking cookies, doing laundry and thankful for electricity! In the midst of a move, so it was great to have the day to pack, clean and enjoy a brisk walk with my dog in the sunshine!

Making cookies with the family!

We are from a colder state originally, so we are fully prepared and staying warm. The only thing is that the schools are closed, so we have to keep the kids entertained

My toilet doesn't work!

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January’s Survey Results

New Orleans is making 300 this year, so we've been thinking about our city's past, present, and future.

1. If you could get in a time machine, what moment in time would you go back to see? Why?

I've given this a lot of thought. I want to hear Buddy Bolden, Jelly Roll, King Oliver and Pops. Freddie Keppard. Hear jazz before it was ever recorded.

The early 80's when the oilfield was booming.

The time of the dances in Congo square, the time when Marie Laveau was queen of the city and magic was alive.

I was only 9 when NOPD went on strike during Mardi Gras, so I wouldn't mind checking out some of that year's Fat Tuesday.

I'd like to go back to the founding of New Orleans, just to better understand why people wanted to move here.

2009 super bowl, the most unified time I have ever seen in the city.

The beginning of the Treme neighborhood. It’s rich in culture and has helped makes NOLA what she is.

I would go back to before the French arrived. When the land was still in the locals hands.

I would go back to see any part of this city, especially New Orleans East when the Plaza was thriving, when Shakeys pizza was in Lake Kenilworth, when we had a Jim Dandys fried chicken on Crowder, or how about Bonanza which is now a funeral home. This city was a whole lot better off before Katrina by far.

Professor Longhair because he is a musical genius Fats Waller, same reason. Son House too.

1990s

Protesting Andrew Jackson’s martial law of nola with other locals.

When the French Quarter was Little Italy. Had Sicilian grandparents in Boston.

I would go back to 1727 to meet the Ursuline sisters that came from France. I would love to see their strength and fortitude, establishing a hospital in this wild and male-dominated city.

Pre-Civil War, in the 1830-50s when trade flourished and the City was a primary entrance / exit into the US.

The Battle of New Orleans: The British marched into Washington D.C. and burned the White House but couldn’t make it past Andrew Jackson and Jean Lafitte... defining moment for the city as part of the new country.

I think it would be fun to be in NOLA in the 1920s and 1950s.

Louis Armstrong in a nightclub in the Quarter.

Pre human. The earth before we fucked it up.

I will go back in time to on the Saints won the Super Bowl. It was such a tremendous time for the city! Doing that. We had about two months free of violence. Which was wonderful... send me that really but the people together! Hopefully we can get another Super Bowl in this year.

The world's fair or Sunday's in Congo square

60's/70's

1885. In the heart of lafcadio hearn's time to have drinks with him at the old absinthe house as he chronicles the end of the true Creole culture in the French quarter. Ha ha I've obviously thought about this.

Me losing my virginity. I bet my face was hilarious.

The first Jazz Fest

2. If you could travel ahead in the future, what would you hope to see in New Orleans? Why?

Statues of all the greats and a city not underwater

The quadrennial. To see new orleans as it adjusts to new climate and sea level.

A better highway system. The highrise is so outdated it’s a gamble everytime you go to it. Chances are a wreck, or a breakdown, where that thing should have 5 lanes with emergency shoulder lane. A modern shopping mall in the New Orleans east area, movie theater, bowling lanes. Sound barrier walls or a fence where you couldn’t see all the poverty, through the new orleans area , looks like the highways were improved all the way to Bonnable, stopped then got better after Bullard, a slap in the face for the taxpayers here. Better paying jobs, cheaper rent. Better streets in all neighborhoods, better light synchronization. No bike lanes where it takes an entire lane away from an already too big population. Cheaper auto insurance, my god the list is endless.

Vastly improved public transit and housing for everyone!

I would like to see the Pelicans win a Championship.

If I could go into the future I want to see if I started a tradition if I were ever to have a family of my own. By riding in Zulu.

The 100th Jazz Fest!

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Check out some of January’s survey responses while you’re at home today.

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Celebrating 300 Years of Nola. Swipe left to check out this month’s questions !

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Just moments away from 2018! Leave us a comment below

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Recording this month's episode. Make sure to check us out Thursday at 1:30 & 6:30 p.m. on @wwno_fm

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Maybe a new intro for the show? What do you think? 😂#ThingsCollected

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Our latest episode is here. Check out what New Orleanians had to say to their next mayor!

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Hail to the Chief

As the New Orleans mayoral election nears, we’re crowdsourcing your thoughts and questions about what’s next.

We’re heading over to City Hall to talk to outgoing mayor Mitch Landrieu...and we wanted to invite you, Listening Posters, to send us a few thoughts that Mitch can pass along to his successor.