Town council hears plea for downtown security camera

Law enforcement and crime prevention has been a major town government topic since onset of the COVID-19 pandemic two years ago.

A new outdoor security camera in La Conner’s downtown historic preservation district might focus the town’s answer.

Resident Bruce Bradburn raised the matter during the council’s March 8 Zoom session. A Town planning commissioner, he was among those who had windows in their parked vehicles shot out downtown earlier this year,

“It might not be a bad idea,” Bradburn said of installing an outdoor camera on or near First Street as a crime prevention measure. “We definitel...