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Philadelphia plans to install 100 surveillance cameras to nab illegal dumpers

By the end of the year, Philadelphia plans to have 100 surveillance cameras around the city aimed at catching a specific type of crime: illegal dumping.

Tires and other rubbish pile up at an illegal dumping site near Emerald and Silver streets in Kensington. ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Tires and other rubbish pile up at an illegal dumping site near Emerald and Silver streets in Kensington. ALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERRead more