Saying residents are fed up with “scumbag” criminals, Vaughan Mayor Steven Del Duca announced on Tuesday that he’ll seek council’s approval to fund at least 10 additional CCTV cameras that will be equipped with automated licence plate recognition (ALPR) and gunshot detection technology.

Del Duca said the cameras and the associated technology would come at a price tag of around $350,000, and would be managed by York Regional Police (YRP).

“The city would be investing directly, supporting YRP with the purchase and operation of up to 10 new CCTV, or as I like to call them, crime fighting cameras, here in our community,” Del Duca said during a news conference Tuesday.

Del Duca stressed that the 10 new cameras would be “over and above” a recent crime fighting investment of $255,000 from the

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