One of my thoughts this past week was that I had no idea there were cameras in the Library, and then how happy I am that there are. About ten years ago, I returned from the annual Massachusetts Municipal Association meeting with information from a company that offered at no charge to the town to install cameras aimed at our intersections with traffic lights, so that cars that failed to observe the red lights could be photographed and sent tickets in the mail. In Massachusetts the town gets to keep the fines collected, so it had the dual benefit of both increasing the safety of the intersections, as well as being a revenue source.
At the time no one had much interest in the idea, so it was never pursued. At the time I was somewhat ambivalent about the use of cameras in public places. Ten years of terrorist bombs have made me less ambivalent. This week I found myself wishing that we had those cameras and the license plate number it may have produced.
Regardless, we owe thanks to the Medfield Police for their service to the town and its residents these past several long days.
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