HOLY TOLEDO - you're REQUIRED to have CCTV?

Toledo Ohio recently passed a city ordinance that requires convenience store and small restaurant owners to install security video systems.

I tried to go to the City of Toledo website and look at city counsel minutes, but the links lead to off topic documents - no lie - one was a neighborhood schematic and another was an athletic league schedule.

I can understand the logic in this on a few points:

• It's a pain in the ass to investigate hold-ups without decent video
• Just the knowledge / publicity generated is a deterrent

But:

• This looks like an enforcement nightmare
• The required system components/set-up leave huge gaps in basic security
• What's going to happen when all the owners get their Costco camera systems put in and they all crap out in a year or so?

I swear this is not an "oddly enough" security blog but it seems there is enough crazy stuff in the news to make one.

(via SecurityInfoWatch)