The Long Island town of Kings Point has decided everything within its limits will be recorded.

The 3.3-square mile North Shore community is home to 5,000 residents. The plan calls for 44 cameras to eventually be installed at the village’s 19 entrances. That’s about one camera for every 120 people.

Anyone who enters the town will have their license plate scanned and, if there is a match in a criminal database, the police will be notified. The mayor says it’s to protect residents because there are apparently many crimes in this upscale, exclusive community.

I’m all for catching criminals, but the invasion of privacy implications are just…whoa.

Source: CBS New York (via Gawker)