Downtown Jackson Installs High-Tech Security Cameras

New AI-driven cameras feed directly to Capitol Police and Downtown Jackson Partners to enhance safety for businesses and visitors.

Jan. 29, 2026 at 8:55pm

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Downtown Jackson Partners have installed new high-tech security cameras throughout the Downtown Improvement District area to enhance safety for businesses and visitors. The AI-driven cameras are motion activated and feed directly to Capitol Police and Downtown Jackson Partners. Local businesses say the cameras provide an extra layer of safety for people who eat and shop in the area, and Capitol Police report the cameras have already proven useful in solving cases.

Why it matters

The installation of the new security cameras is part of ongoing efforts by Downtown Jackson Partners to revitalize the city's downtown area, which is seen as critical for the revitalization of Jackson and the surrounding metro region as the state's capital and largest city.

The details

Downtown Jackson Partners is renting the cameras for $500 per year per camera from Project N.O.L.A., a nonprofit that has also installed cameras in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The cameras are motion activated and feed directly to Capitol Police and Downtown Jackson Partners. Local businesses like Taste of Caribbean and Hal and Mal's say the cameras provide an extra layer of safety for people visiting the area.

  • The cameras have already proven useful in solving cases, according to Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey.

The players

Downtown Jackson Partners

The organization responsible for installing the new high-tech security cameras throughout the Downtown Improvement District area.

Project N.O.L.A.

A nonprofit organization that is renting the cameras to Downtown Jackson Partners for $500 per year per camera, and has also installed cameras in the French Quarter of New Orleans.

Bo Luckey

Capitol Police Chief, who said the cameras have already proven useful in solving cases and will help with future prosecutions.

Liz Brister

President of Downtown Jackson Partners, who said the security upgrade is part of ongoing efforts to revitalize the city's downtown area.

Don Palmer

From Taste of Caribbean, a local business that says the cameras provide an extra layer of safety for people who eat and shop in the area.

Damien Cavicchi

Owner of Hal and Mal's, a local restaurant that obtained a camera from the same organization about six months ago.

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What they’re saying

“A couple of businesses have been broken into, and so we just want to be as safe and secure as we can possibly be. And so, yeah, any help that we can get, we welcome it.”

— Don Palmer, From Taste of Caribbean

“I think that it's going to reassure people that are visiting us downtown and people that come down here all the time. I have been on the backside just watching the camera here at the restaurant and just seeing how intelligent it is with what it decides to focus on.”

— Damien Cavicchi, Owner of Hal and Mal's

“It has been readily available and it has been helpful. So, I can say that it has already been showing to help us out and solving some cases and it's going to help us out in the future in prosecuting those cases.”

— Bo Luckey, Capitol Police Chief

“People recognize that downtown is critical both for the revitalization for our city, but also for this metro area and the state. It is the capital city. It's the largest city in our state of 100,000 or more people. And it's the commercial center and the seat of our government. So, Jackson really has a lot of reasons why we need this downtown revitalization.”

— Liz Brister, President of Downtown Jackson Partners

What’s next

Capitol Police Chief Bo Luckey said the cameras have already proven useful in solving cases and will help with future prosecutions.

The takeaway

The installation of high-tech security cameras in downtown Jackson is part of a broader effort by Downtown Jackson Partners to revitalize the city's downtown area, which is seen as critical for the revitalization of Jackson and the surrounding metro region as the state's capital and largest city. The cameras have already proven useful in solving cases and are expected to help with future prosecutions, providing an extra layer of safety for businesses and visitors in the area.