Editorial: Safety should top privacy at parks

Honolulu’s public parks should be a refuge for residents — sanctuaries where all can gather, play and relax. But, as with many metropolitan areas, these recreational spaces have increasingly become hotbeds for crime, too often of a violent nature. In response, the City Council is rightly mulling the deployment of camera surveillance systems, similar in purpose to those used as part of a now-hobbled project launched in 2024, that would serve as a deterrent and ease the burden of a strained police force.

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