Coming to a Gasparilla near you: Eyes in the sky - FOX 13 News
Coming to a Gasparilla near you: Eyes in the sky  Posted:
Updated: TAMPA (FOX 13) -  Tampa is expecting a flood of people
to swamp Bayshore Boulevard on Saturday, as we brace for the
Gasparilla Children's Parade.  Only this year, dozens of new
electronic eyes will also be watching everything you're doing.
Tampa police have had plenty of success using those cameras left
over from the RNC in key spots all over the city, nabbing bad
guys. Now, they'll be employed once again, to make sure everyone
has a safe experience at this year's Gasparilla events.  They
are the city's eyes in the sky -- five mobile trailers like the
one you may have noticed parked outside the Walmart on Dale
Mabry near I-275.  It's been used to help curb shoplifting
during the holiday shopping season.  Each unit has three to four
cameras perched high on top of a telescoping neck, giving Tampa
police a total of 19 different views above the Gasparilla
parades.  "We want everybody