A surveillance camera program on Main Street in Columbus, Ohio is keeping tabs on everything and everyone it can see.  The program is managed by the Columbus Compact Corporation, a nonprofit organization that works to improve life for neighborhoods in Columbus.

The six-camera program was initially funded by a government grant; now funding for the organization is a combination of public dollars and private contributions. The cameras are operated by community volunteers who can log-on through password protected access from the comfort of their homes. Once logged-in the operators can zoom-in, record, and search throughout the Main Street area.

The program not only offers a live video feed, it also posts videos to their YouTube page. The goal of the program is to rid the area of criminal behavior by embarrassing and exposing criminals to the general public virtually with the help of tax-payer dollars.