A quartet of new security cameras will soon watch over the Shaw neighborhood in south city.
Following a spike in violent crime in 2016, residents got to work raising money. They collected $10,000 in about a month, and a neighborhood organization kicked in another $11,000, enough to fund cameras that will hook directly into a city police system.
"People are serious about making our neighborhood safe," says Derek Carter, a 30-year Shaw resident and one of the organizers of the camera drive.…