Apartment Building Feeds Live Video to Dallas Police

Public housing complex serves elderly, disabled tenants

A Dallas public housing development for elderly and disabled residents will feed live security camera video directly to police headquarters.

Renaissance Oaks on Munger Avenue is the seventh and final development in the Roseland community, which is managed by the Dallas Housing Authority.

To keep the residents safe, the four-story building's surveillance cameras will link directly to the Dallas Police Department, a first for any public housing development in the city.

Police Chief David Brown said the cameras will be monitored at all times out of the department's intelligence center at police headquarters.

The housing authority agrees with the new layer of security.

"This is going to be an essential element to making sure that this is going to be a safe place to live, because this is a vulnerable population," said MaryAnn Russ, Dallas Housing Authority president and CEO.

The move is added reassurance for family members and residents alike.

"I know some of the things that go on, and [there] may be less criminal element if they know that it [video] goes directly to the police department," said Flora Daniels, who spent Thursday morning giving her family a tour of what will soon be her new home.

"Everybody is going to be watching on who comes in ... It just gives me a peace of mind," said her granddaughter, Ashley Barnum.

In addition to the security link, each apartment in the complex is equipped with modern appliances. Some of the 85 residences even have views of Downtown Dallas.

According to the city housing authority, all of the units have been leased.

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