This publication is designed to guide city administrators, law enforcement agencies, and their municipal partners inimplementing and employing public surveillance systems in a manner that will have the greatest impact on public safety. It details the various aspects of a system that are integral inyielding a cost-beneficial impact on crime, including budgetary considerations, camera types and locations, how best to monitor cameras, and the role that video footage plays in investigations and prosecutions. It also highlights the most prominent lessons learned in an effort to guide city administrators and jurisdictions that are currently investing in cameras for public safety purposes, as well as to inform those that are contemplating doing so.