Neighborhood cameras: Snooping or safety?

Videotaping where sex offenders live, is it an invasion of privacy or a smart precaution? One woman is making it her mission in Orlando to do just that.

A mobile home park, Lake Shore Village, is just down the street, about half a block away from a school bus stop. About 100 sex offenders currently live at that park.

Barbara Farris originally wanted to force all the sex offenders off property by building a day care center, but eventually she and the property owner instead agreed to install cameras to monitor who goes in and out of the parks, when and what they're wearing.

She wants to keep tabs on everyone at all times.

Park residents say, in theory they're okay with the cameras.

"So where is the line drawn?" said Bob, a resident of the park. "The line would be drawn if you're surveilling the perimeter, entrance and exit, but if you're putting it on someone's residence, it's an obvious invasion of privacy."

"They are sex offenders and with everyone with children, it's not spying, it's protection," Farris said. We're protecting our children."

Farris expects to start installing nine cameras in that area starting Wednesday.

She said the cameras will be Internet accessible, meaning you can actually go online and take a look at what's happening as it happens.

Because the property owner has given permission, it would be like any building or area that has surveillance cameras.

It is possible that people could sue for invasion of privacy? Farris said a few residents are already planning on moving out.