City police are trying to expand their eyes on the streets. They’ve started a new program encouraging business owners and homeowners to register their surveillance cameras with the city.

That way if a crime is committed in the area, police will know who might have potential evidence.

Homeowner and businesses with private security cameras can sign up online for the voluntary program.

You see them on businesses and homes across the city – an extra set of eyes always watching.

Now city officials are going door-to-door asking people with private security cameras to sign up to help in the fight against crime.

“We want to get closer with our community. We want to work with our businesses. We want to attack the crime that plagues some of our neighborhoods,” said Commissioner Anthony Batts, Baltimore City Police Department.

The CitiWatch Community Partnership is a free, voluntary program where people can register their cameras online, providing contact information, location of their camera, the type of camera, and the recording retention time.

When a crime is committed, police will be able to tell who in the area has a camera that may have caught footage that can identify a suspect.