Chicago to Install Biochemical, Radiological Sensors

The city of Chicago will use a $53 million settlement from a cable company to pay for radiological and biochemical sensors and other equipment to detect terrorist activity, the New York Times reported today (see GSN, Dec. 8. 2004).

The new security system will be installed over 18 months and is set to include 900 miles of fiber-optic cable, more than 2,200 surveillance cameras and sensors able to detect agents such as anthrax, according to emergency management official Ron Huberman (Gretchen Ruethling, New York Times, Feb. 11).

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