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Peeping cops now against the law in Tampa listen

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Tags: RNC, RNCCTV, police, Tampa Police, privacy, Republican convention, surveillance cameras

Tampa City Council members approved changes today to an ordinance making it a crime for Tampa Police officers to use surveillance cameras to look into private residences. The move is a response to concern that cameras purchased for the Republican National Convention last summer could be used inappropriately by law enforcement.

The change expands a current Tampa city ordinance against peeping Toms to include officers using the surveillance equipment who could have the ability to use camera...

Should they stay or should they go? Tampa City Council ponders RNC surveillance cameras listen

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Tags: Tampa City Council, RNC, security cameras, privacy, civil liberties, Tampa Police

Tampa officials have to figure out what to do with the more than 100 security cameras they purchased with grant money from the Republican National Convention. City council members grappled over security and privacy concerns amid frustration that they may have signed on for more than they bargained for.

Months before the Republican Convention landed in Tampa, city council members were hard at work planning for security. A secured “[event zone](http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories?tag=Event+Zo...