One of Beaver Canyon's three surveillance cameras will be moved to Calder Way and McAllister Street next week.

The move, which will cost the borough $4,200, was originally scheduled for today, but due to Tuesday's snow and power outages, the move was postponed, State College Police Chief Tom King said.

Borough Manager Tom Fountaine said the Public Camera Citizens Advisory Committee unanimously decided to move one of the three cameras from Beaver Avenue to a location with a large amount of activity. The committee decided to relocate the camera to Calder Way, hoping to deter some crime and to provide another tool when a crime is committed.

"There is a lot of activity in Calder Way. That represents a more appropriate location," Fountaine said. "The cameras on Beaver did help recently and having one on Calder will be even more useful."

The cameras have proven useful, and in conjunction with live weekend monitoring that began this year, there is hope they will be even more valuable, King said.

"We're hopeful [the camera] will deter crime and make people think twice before causing a fight, breaking a window, assaulting someone or urinating in public," King said.

State College Downtown Improvement District Director Teresa Sparacino said the goal was to provide better safety in the area because there have been repeated problems with urination and vandalism.

"We want people to have an extra sense of safety in that area, especially females," Sparacino said.

King said Calder Way was a prime location for the camera because of the high level of activity and because students on the committee felt it was the best place to move the camera.

"We want to make it as safe as possible, and with the amount
of bars in that area, students felt it was important," King said.

Off-Campus Student Union President Ryan Bennington said he thought it was important that cameras be placed in higher crime areas.

"Calder Alley is where cameras are needed most right now," Bennington said. "[We're] taking more steps to make
cameras more effective and more preventative of violent crimes."

Public Works Director Mark Whitfield said a camera needs to be installed for protection of people in Calder Way, especially after the bars close.

"We want to get officers on the scene much quicker," Whitfield said. "That is the reason for moving it to that locale."