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Baltimore City homicide closure rate fails to significantly improve with the use of police surveillance cameras
A study of year 2012 Baltimore City homicides shows that the presence of public police surveillance cameras do not lead to a significant increase in homicide closure rate.
In the year 2012 Baltimore City had 217 homicides. Of those homicides, as of May 12, 2013, 72 have been closed by the following events: Someone has been charged in the murder, the police know what happened but refuse to press charges, or the suspect has died. In 2012 Baltimore City utilized 587 public surveillance cameras that were monitored by the city police department. Cameras were installed at roadway intersections and recorded video imagery in all directions. 34 of the city homicides occurred within a one block distance from a police surveillance camera. One block is defined as within a 100 street address value of the intersection where a camera is installed. Here are the homicide case closure results:
Of the 217 city homicides in th year 2012, 72 of them have been closed yielding an overall closure rate of 33.2%.
34 homicides occurred within one city block of a police CCTV camera. Of those homicides, 12 have been closed yielding a closure rate of 35.3%
183 homicides did not occur near a police cameras. Of those homicides 60 have been closed yielding a no-camera closure rate of 32.8%.
The increase of homicide case closures near a police surveillance camera over those that did not occur near a camera was a paltry 2.5%.
The 2012 city homicides that occurred within one block of a surveillance camera, and information regarding their case closure is as follows:
In the year 2012 Baltimore City had 217 homicides. Of those homicides, as of May 12, 2013, 72 have been closed by the following events: Someone has been charged in the murder, the police know what happened but refuse to press charges, or the suspect has died. In 2012 Baltimore City utilized 587 public surveillance cameras that were monitored by the city police department. Cameras were installed at roadway intersections and recorded video imagery in all directions. 34 of the city homicides occurred within a one block distance from a police surveillance camera. One block is defined as within a 100 street address value of the intersection where a camera is installed. Here are the homicide case closure results:
Of the 217 city homicides in th year 2012, 72 of them have been closed yielding an overall closure rate of 33.2%.
34 homicides occurred within one city block of a police CCTV camera. Of those homicides, 12 have been closed yielding a closure rate of 35.3%
183 homicides did not occur near a police cameras. Of those homicides 60 have been closed yielding a no-camera closure rate of 32.8%.
The increase of homicide case closures near a police surveillance camera over those that did not occur near a camera was a paltry 2.5%.
The 2012 city homicides that occurred within one block of a surveillance camera, and information regarding their case closure is as follows:
| No. | Name | Address Block Found | Murdered By/Notes | No. of police cameras on block |
| 1 | Doral Hinton | 2400 Ashland Avenue | 1 camera | |
| 2 | Travis Spencer | 4400 Park Heights Avenue | 1 Camera | |
| 3 | Jerry Isaac | 2800 Greenmount Avenue | 2 cameras | |
| 4 | Tyrice Forney | 400 Oxford Court | 3 cameras | |
| 5 | Javon Johnson | 2200 West North Avenue | 2 cameras | |
| 6 | Dexter Jones Jr | 2600 West North Avenue | Guy Thomas charged | 1 camera |
| 7 | Ronnell Chaney | 500 East 21st Street | 1 camera | |
| 8 | Chauncey Hardy | 900 Valley Street | Herbert Mayes charged | 1 camera |
| 9 | Brandon Simms | 400 Watty Court | 2 cameras | |
| 10 | Mark Day | 1500 West North Avenue | Dontae Crawford charged | 2 cameras |
| 11 | Cortez Lemon | 400 West Saratoga Street | Troy Harrison charged | 2 cameras |
| 12 | Cheryl Thomas | 400 Cummings Court | Edward Ford charged | 3 cameras |
| 13 | Terrence Anderson | 600 North Eutaw Street | 2 cameras | |
| 14 | Cornell Booker | 300 Whitridge Avenue | family dispute | 1 camera |
| 15 | Derrick Lawson | 4000 West Franklin Street | 1 camera | |
| 16 | Dominick Brown | 1500 Gough Street | Dominique Washington charged | 3 cameras |
| 17 | Travis Miller | 1100 North Milton Street | 1 camera | |
| 18 | Dawan Evans | 600 Pitcher Street | 1 camera | |
| 19 | Jermaine Blue | 1400 Poplar Grove Street | Edward Ellis and Zebary Pearson Jr. and Antoine Dorsey all charged | 1 camera |
| 20 | Charles Johnson | 1800 West North Avenue | James Pitts and Charles Brogden both charged | 2 cameras |
| 21 | Anthony Cureton | 2700 Giles Road | 1 camera | |
| 22 | Sterling Parker | 1900 Walbrook Avenue | 2 cameras | |
| 23 | Audie Mickens | 1700 Presstman Street | 1 camera | |
| 24 | Nabil Epps | 2700 West North Avenue | Wendielle Hall charged | 1 camera |
| 25 | Clarence Ross | 200 South Pulaski Street | 1 camera | |
| 26 | Elliot Lee Jr | 600 North Belnord Avenue | 1 camera | |
| 27 | Tashawna Jones | 300 East 26th Street | Tyrone Alston charged | 1 camera |
| 28 | John Moore | 3100 Garrison Boulevard | 2 cameras | |
| 29 | Erwin Daniels | 600 North Lakewood Avenue | 1 camera | |
| 30 | Daniel Pearson | 2600 Greenmount Avenue | Terry Addison charged | 2 cameras |
| 31 | Adonay Garcia-Wilson | 2800 Boarman | 1 camera | |
| 32 | Thomas Rawlings | 1800 North Fulton Street | 2 cameras | |
| 33 | Brent Nickens | 2300 Westwood Avenue | 2 cameras | |
| 34 | Thomas Cunion | 1100 Webb Court(Latrobe Homes) | 1 camera | |
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