The portable cameras represent about 18 percent of Baltimore's crime cameras, according to Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III. Their technology requires considerable manpower, rendering them ineffective.
"There's a great deal more heavy lifting involved to make them effective," said the commissioner, calling the portable cameras an "albatross" during a budget hearing this week. "That's something we've learned during our experience with camera...
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