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Knight Lights Delaware''.. We are an organization looking out for the safety of the public. Your security is our first concern.Dusk to dawn outside light adapters are free to the public. Remember to leave your lights on you may save someone's life...http://knightlightsdelaware.blogspot.com''Unofficial Big Brother watching NewarkNEWARK -- Robert Foraker has his electronic eyes on a mission: to make downtown Newark a safer place to shop, dine and do business.The College Park watchdog and former Newark City Council candidate hopes to deter crime by installing surveillance cameras at various businesses on Main Street.For now, Foraker will be in control of the cameras as the city's technological Big Brother. By the end of the year, his goal is to place live feed of the downtown area on the Internet. The public and police will be able to view traffic, crime and vandalism around the clock.''Our police force needs better tools to solve crime,'' he said. ''These [cameras] are our baby sitters. This footage will be available for anyone. It will show anything suspicious or out of the ordinary.''The Newark Police Department is aware of Foraker's plan but is not partnering with him, acting Police Chief William Nefosky said.''I'm not sure of the need for the cameras at this time,'' Nefosky said. ''It may be beneficial, but right now, it's not something we're going to get involved in.''Using surveillance cameras isn't unique to Newark. In Wilmington, a private nonprofit group called Downtown Visions partners with police to monitor a downtown surveillance system. The cameras cover the entire downtown district and some sections of the east and west sides of Wilmington.

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''The cameras have been very beneficial to us in tracking criminal activity and in helping us to make arrests,'' said John Rago, communications director for Mayor James M. Baker.Newark resident David Robertson has lived on Main Street for 26 years, and said he has never felt threatened, despite the noise, the occasional violence and the drunkenness.''However, I know from talking to businesspeople on Main Street that they have had to contend with broken windows and graffiti, which costs money,'' he said. ''I personally don't like it [cameras], but on the other hand, since I don't think I'm doing anything wrong, I don't even think about it. I work in Wilmington, and it doesn't bother me there, either.''Foraker, 49, said he has chosen at least seven locations on Main Street for the surveillance cameras. He recently installed a small observation camera at Mayor Vance Funk's law office.''I didn't want the mayor's office to be the first choice because I don't want to get involved in a political thing,'' he said. ''I'm doing this privately. [Funk] said he's doing it as a citizen and a businessman.''Fighting a chronic problemFunk said his office is vandalized once a week and other businesses on Main Street have been spray-painted for years.''I don't even call the police anymore,'' he said. ''To catch someone that does that is just dumb luck. A lot of the time it happens after 2 a.m.''Funk paid for the camera at his office, but Foraker is buying the rest. Foraker, who works as a pizza delivery driver, said some businesses have offered to donate money to the cause. The cameras cost $200 to $300 each.Foraker said he plans to place two cameras on each building. He said he can move the cameras by hand to take photos from different angles. He plans to have the rest of the cameras up by the end of the year.''Some of the cameras you'll see, but others will be hidden,''