Madison Police Chief Noble Wray wants to put more surveillance cameras Downtown and have them monitored in real time so officers on the street quickly can respond to areas where problems might be developing. “We?re trying to be as efficient with our limited resources as possible and have more eyes out there,” Wray said Wednesday. The number of potential new cameras, their locations and costs have not yet been determined, he said. The city currently has 118 surveillance cameras, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said. Among them are 34 surveillance cameras on Downtown streets, said Central District Capt. Carl Gloede. The Downtown cameras include those requested by police earlier this year in the troubled 600 block of University Avenue, where at least three people were hurt in a May shooting.
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