Atlanta looking to go the surveillance camera route:

City officials are seeking $13.7 million in federal cash amid a series of high-profile crimes in recent months: a champion boxer shot dead in the street, a City Council member carjacked at gunpoint, a rash of armed robberies near Georgia Tech.

The system Atlanta plans to use could store images for up to 30 days and support software that reads license plate numbers and detects gunshots.

Story also says Baltimore has 480 cameras up and running, Chicago 2,000. No mention of Lancaster.