Flint businesses invest in video surveillance

Flint businesses across the city plan to help police combat crime by giving them a visual window.
 
     Lt. Todd Pillsbury tells MLive that Project C.A.T.T. Eye, which was named after the department's crime area target team, is modeled after a Detroit project that helped with a 50 percent drop in crime at businesses.
 
     Business owners that agree to form part of the program will pay $990 for Sonitrol to install four cameras, place signage and a green beacon. Following the installation, the businesses will also pay $90 a month that will give Sonitrol and police mobile and web access to the establishments.
 
     Pillsbury says the department has a pilot program of five businesses to start in March, with 50 more businesses waiting to join.