Curious doings in Maryland

Yikes -- sounds like someone had a nice little kingdom down there for a while. From the Baltimore, Maryland CBS affiliate:

New Anne Arundel Co. Executive Probes Suspicious Cameras In County Council Offices
A stunning find in Anne Arundel County: hundreds of security cameras unknown to the police department. Now the new county executive is ordering a full investigation.

Only one man monitored those cameras and he reported to former County Executive John Leopold, who resigned in disgrace.

At the end of a long hallway in Anne Arundel County�s main government building, the contents of room 170 were secret�until now. Five video monitors took in the feeds from not a few security cameras and not even a few dozen. Instead, more than 500 cameras, which covered just about every corner of every major government building.

�To say it�s unconventional is an understatement,� said new County Executive Laura Neuman.

Neuman says the most alarming part is that the cameras apparently served one person alone.

�Those cameras were monitored by a contract employee who was not reporting to the police department but rather the county executive,� Neuman said.

That�s former County Executive John Leopold, who resigned last month after he was found guilty of misconduct in office. Leopold not only spied on his political opponents but also misused resources to engage in sexual encounters.

How could the people in that building overlook the installation of 500 cameras. That is major. How much taxpayer money was used?