The traditional Neighborhood Watch I have a feeling is soon going to be replaced by a Video Neighborhood Watch.  Where home owners add a video camera system at their house, and then other neighbors add video cameras and arrange it so the street they live on and share is covered with video coverage. And there will be sign, soon I am sure, advertising the area has a Video Neighborhood Watch.

When I googled the term, Video Neighborhood Watch, nothing came up yet. May be it will be combined with something like Home Elephant, a social media application for neighborhoods.

And with the low cost of video systems, I see a huge growth in home installations soon. Costco had an 8 Indoor/Outdoor Security Camera system for $499. From a privacy prospective, since they are located on private property there is no legal issues I can think of. 

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