MIDDLETOWN – There are 23 street surveillance cameras in the City of Middletown that the police monitor on a regular basis and as a result of a $450,000 grant from Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (D, Forestburgh) and Speaker Carl Heastie (D, New York City), the city will be installing an additional 29 cameras.
Those street cams are an invaluable tool, said Operations Bureau Commander Lt. Jeffry Thoelen.
“Within the last decade, the city has gone through unprecedented growth and development, and it has ushered in success and prosperity for a lot of residents and business owners and improved our quality of life,” he said. “What’s very important that is along with all that progress, the City of Middletown has maintained our reputation of one of the safest small cities in New York State and we want to continue that,” he said.
Thoelen said the cameras are “extremely valuable as a deterrent and invaluable as an investigative tool when a crime occurs.”
