SLS 15RS-448 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 82
BY SENATOR MURRAY
PRIVATE SECURITY. Encourages business owners and residents of Louisiana to take all
measures to ensure the safety of their property, including considering the installation of
security cameras at their businesses and residences.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To encourage business owners and residents of Louisiana to take all measures to ensure the
3 safety of their property, including considering the installation of security cameras to
4 enhance safety, deter crime, and otherwise provide for the protection of their
5 property.
6 WHEREAS, security cameras were commonly once limited in use to provide security
7 for banks and by security intensive operations such as casinos and airports, but have now
8 become economical for small business owners and residents to purchase for an additional
9 layer of security at a business or at home; and
10 WHEREAS, according to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics,
11 approximately seventy-five percent of all crime in the United States is property crime; and
12 WHEREAS, security cameras are known and utilized to reduce incidents such as
13 shoplifting, burglaries, and property vandalism; and
14 WHEREAS, in addition to deterring criminal activity, other beneficial reasons to
15 purchase and install a security camera are to monitor the premises and property, and the
16 ability to observe activity at a business or home remotely; and
17 WHEREAS, because of the benefits of security cameras and other security resources,
18 such as neighborhood watch organizations and monitored alarm systems, business owners
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1 and residents are encouraged to consider all possible ways to enhance security at their
2 property.
3 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
4 encourage business owners and residents of Louisiana to take all measures to ensure the
5 safety of their property, including considering the installation of security cameras to increase
6 safety and security, deter crime, enhance productivity of employees, and otherwise provide
7 for the protection of their property.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ridge.
DIGEST
SCR 82 Original 2015 Regular Session Murray
Encourages business owners and residents of Louisiana to take all measures to ensure the
safety of their property, including considering the installation of security cameras at their
businesses and residences.
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