Baltimore rowhouse block with marble steps in golden morning light — Charm City Shield

Baltimore neighborhood camera networks

Your block,
watched over
by your block.

The platform Baltimore neighborhoods use to run their own security camera networks — live today in Little Italy and Brewers Hill. Your safety committee holds the keys, not a corporation.

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  • 2 live networks
  • Run by neighborhood safety committees
  • Flat annual fee — never per-camera

How it works

Professional infrastructure,
neighborhood governance.

  1. 01

    The network goes up

    Professional cameras on key corners and corridors — placed where your association wants them, installed and kept healthy under one annual agreement. The association owns a working network, not a box of parts.

  2. 02

    Neighbors report

    A resident files an incident online in minutes — package theft, a break-in, suspicious activity. It lands with your neighborhood’s safety committee, not a call center.

  3. 03

    Footage answers

    Your safety committee pulls the clip for the moment it happened — and Baltimore Police receive it through a valid request, every access logged.

Live today · Coming soon

Baltimore neighborhoods
run their own networks.

Live network

Little Italy

LINA Safety Network — dozens of cameras over the streets between the harbor and the highway, governed by the neighborhood association.

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Live network

Brewers Hill

BHN Safety Network — corridor coverage under the neon Natty Boh sign, run by the people who live there.

Visit site →

Coming soon

Federal Hill

Charm City Shield is coming to the harbor-side blocks around Federal Hill Park — the network isn’t live for residents yet.

Not live yet

Your block next

Your neighborhood

Canton, Patterson Park, Highlandtown — if your association wants its own network, the conversation starts here.

Start your network →
Marble rowhouse stoop with red door, flag, and geraniums — Baltimore

The 3am shift

Cameras don’t sleep.
Neither does the record.

When something happens overnight, the answer isn’t a shrug — it’s a timestamped clip from the corner that saw it. Request footage for a date, time, and location; your committee reviews it and shares it with the people who need it.

Request footage
The same Baltimore block at night, windows glowing

What the research shows

The case for cameras,
made by people who counted.

10–35%

crime reduction in Baltimore neighborhoods with concentrated camera coverage

Urban Institute evaluation

60%

of 422 convicted burglars said visible cameras send them elsewhere

UNC Charlotte study

133

citywide homicides in 2025 — Baltimore’s fewest since 1977

BPD Year-End Report

24/7

recording around the clock on the streets that matter most, with footage on request

every Shield network

Statistics cited from independent studies and public sources. Results vary by neighborhood and conditions. Charm City Shield does not guarantee specific crime reduction outcomes.

Why community-owned

The footage belongs
to the neighborhood.

Big platforms sell neighborhood surveillance as a subscription — footage on their servers, priced per camera, per year. Shield networks work the other way: your own safety committee runs the show — neighbors deciding where cameras point, reviewing footage requests, working with police when it counts. Charm City Shield is the toolkit that makes that easy — the cameras, the portal, the footage workflow — under one flat annual service agreement, never per-camera pricing. Cameras go on public rights-of-way only, everything is encrypted, every access is logged, and governance stays in the association’s hands.

“It’s neighbors looking out for neighbors.”

— the Charm City Shield model

Bring the Shield
to your block.

One conversation is how Little Italy and Brewers Hill started. Tell us about your neighborhood — we’ll walk your association through coverage, cost, and governance.

Call 443-808-0745staff@safehouseprivacy.com

One annual service agreement · Never per-camera pricing