A new set of security cameras will soon appear in the Tenderloin.

Operation Leadership efforts, which include the launch of a surveillance camera pilot program, a public art installation on Larkin Street and fresh street banners around the neighborhood.

With the new funding in place, the CBD is currently in talks with several property owners in the neighborhood about potentially installing surveillance cameras on their buildings, with the hope of getting the first seven to eight cameras online in the coming months.

The District Attorney’s Office and the Tenderloin Police Station strongly support the pilot program, with Tenderloin Station Captain Teresa Ewins saying that the new cameras will fill gaps not covered by cameras already in place.

“We can bring [crime] down by just having the video,” said Ewins. The station already communicates with some camera owners when officers need footage.

Based on the station’s advice, the first set of CBD cameras will appear at Leavenworth and Golden Gate.