Only in America: The camera-watching camera

A Maryland county sets up security cameras to keep an eye on cops' speeding cameras — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

The camera-watching camera
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Police in Prince George's County, Md., are setting up security cameras to monitor their speeding cameras. Six of the speeding cameras have been vandalized, burned, and shot by angry motorists — which police said resulted in a "loss of safety for the community." There were no immediate plans for preventing security cameras from also being shot.

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