Police, Hopkins to Share Surveillance Video

Baltimore police are teaming up with the Johns Hopkins Hospital to share data from security cameras, marking the first time the city has partnered with a private agency to share surveillance footage.

Video from 136 cameras around the perimeter of the hospital's East Baltimore campus will stream into the city's surveillance office under a deal approved by the city's spending board last week. In exchange, Hopkins security staff will be able to access video from six city-operated cameras in the area.

"If an incident happens, the police will be able to pull it up in real time and view it," said Sheryl Goldstein, director of the Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice. The office seeks creative ways to work with public and private organizations to enhance safety, she said.

Although the hospital campus is patrolled by more than 100 security officers, violent crime from surrounding neighborhoods occasionally spills onto the campus. In September, two employees leaving the Kennedy Krieger Institute narrowly missed being struck by a stray bullet that lodged in the purse of one of the women.

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