Results of Seattle's CCTV cameras during World Cup

We're learning about a string of crimes caught on camera after CCTV cameras were turned on in the stadium district during the World Cup matches in Seattle. Let's send it out to Fox 13's Sam Campbell who is outside of Lumen Field. And Sam, since the matches are over, the cameras have now been switched off as we've been reporting, but police say they had an impact on safety while they were on. Seattle police say the footage from these cameras helped them solve three cases between June 21st and July 5th. That's one shooting, one stabbing, and another man waving a knife at traffic. Now, all of this was happening in Soto and the Pioneer Square area where FIFA fans had been swarming for weeks. These cameras are the source of an ongoing controversy surrounding surveillance and public safety, with Mayor Katie Wilson's office feeling the pressure and ultimately fulfilling a promise by turning off the cameras after the matches had concluded. For weeks, there has been outcry from activists, civil rights groups, and privacy advocates worried about what the cameras are used for and who can access that footage. That's what we're seeing with like Prairieland, with Spokane, right? People are getting caught up in just these activist situations at protests and they're being like given, Matt, like decades of criminal time for just kind of in the wrong place, wrong time, because these systems exist that they can then start trying to tie things together on. The Seattle police say they only kept that footage stored locally for five days, but other groups like the Downtown Seattle Association say the cameras add another layer of security and that turning them off makes no sense. So the CCTV cameras put up for the World Cup are now off, as the mayor's office tells us, but for much of Seattle, their presence, or rather lack thereof, remains a primary source of concern. For now, live outside Lumen Field, Sam Campbell, Fox 13 News.