Activists oppose public surveillance cameras in Rancho Cucamonga
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Members of Libertarian and Tea Party groups
in the region have objected to city police plans to install
public surveillance cameras around Victoria Gardens.  The plan
by the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department is an effort to help
deter crime and to focus law enforcement eyes on areas where
criminal behavior may be occurring after a 911 call is made.
"It's `Big Brother' and the fact that they're taking federal
grant money when our federal government is broke, and we're
contributing to the problem by taking federal funds to implement
this camera program," said Jeane Ensley, an organizer for the
Inland Valley Patriots, a local chapter of the Tea Party.  "It's
an invasion of privacy."  Rancho Cucamonga resident and past
City Council candidate Anthony Rice, is also among those opposed
to public surveillance cameras.  "My main concern is the
trampling of our constitutional Fourth Amendment right to be
secure in our person and our