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Meet Rob Foraker at Marino's Pizzaria in the Eden Square Shopping Center (Bear,Delaware 302-832-6500

Robert L Foraker
Email: bigbrotherdelaware@gmail.com
Paul drive
newcastle de 19720
Home: 302-750-1357

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Robert Foraker

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,''

Big Brother Newark

Main Street may not seem like a hub of criminal activity, bustling with troublemakers and delinquents determined to vandalize this small-town strip. But according to one
concerned Newark resident, even Main Street can benefit from increased security measures.Robert Foraker, a previous city council candidate, said he plans to set up numerous security cameras along Main Street as a preventative measure against violators. He installed the first, and only, camera in front of Mayor Vance A. Funk III's office. ''The cameras are to let people know, 'Behave yourself, you're in Newark,' '' he said. Foraker said Newark, like any town, has its share of problems such as shoplifting, window breaking and spray painting. ''These are minor violations, but I think my cameras will be useful in an emergency also,'' he said.Foraker said he intends to privately fund the security camera system, which is intended to establish community support, enabling Newark residents to participate in neighborhood safety. Foraker said the cameras will eventually be hooked up to computers and he will set up a Web site to broadcast the recordings. The system will be independent of Newark Police, Foraker said. ''I want to keep it separate, so Newark can have a strong community organization in addition to the police,'' he said.Newark Police Lt. Thomas Le Min said Foraker's project is of interest to the department and police are taking a ''wait-and-see'' approach before committing any funds to the security cameras.''We certainly appreciate his concern and we are interested to see the results of his camera operation, if the pictures will be clear and enough to be meaningful for prosecution,'' he said.Le Min said there are limitations to the cameras that pose a concern. ''Real-time response is difficult, even if the pictures are clear,'' he said. ''Unless you are using the cameras from a reactive standpoint, it would require a number of people to constantly watch the camera recordings.'' Foraker said he has received some criticism from citizens regarding privacy concerns.''People have asked, 'What if I am just walking down the street with my girlfriend? Do we have a right to be photographed?' '' he said. ''My response to that is, 'What if someone comes out and breaks your neck while you're walking with your girlfriend?' ''Foraker said he installed cameras a few years ago in the College Park apartment complex and saw a major difference in crime

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Sunday, June 12, 2005 COMMUNITY WATCHDOG ROBERT FORAKER FORAKER is a self-described community watchdog, and he hopes to bring what he's observed around Newark to the city council. ''I keep an eye on the city and I let police know if there is something wrong,'' he said. ''You watch out for your neighbors. ''My main point is that I want people to be more careful,'' he said. ''I want to see more police on the streets.'' While this is Foraker's first time running for a seat, he is optimistic. ''I'm gonna win,'' he said. And he said that's because of his involvement in the community - he volunteers with the College Park Neighborhood Association - and his drive to make the community safer.Foraker said that despite the results, he was happy that he ran, and plans on doing it again - possibly for the mayor's seat. ''Life goes on after the election,'' he said. ''The experience was good, but next time I'll run a different campaign.'' He said that if he runs again, he would try mass mailings as a way to educate voters about his agenda. posted by robertforaker at 6:43 PM 0 comments Saturday, June 11, 2005 ROBERT FORAKER NEWARK,DELAWARE ROBERT FORAKER FORAKER is a self-described community watchdog, and he hopes to bring what he's observed around Newark