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ACTUALLY TO LOOK AT THOSE LIVE
PICTURES FROM CHOPPER 2 OVER
THERE.
[ INDISCERNIBLE ]
WE COULD BE A VICTIM AND
NOT EVEN KNOW IT "UPSKIRTING"
SNAPPING PHOTOS UP A WOMAN'S
SKIRT.
THIS TIME OF YEAR POLICE SAY
IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE.
CBS 2'S ALI BAUMAN REPORTS ON
WHO IS WATCHING YOU.
SICK AND ANNOYING.
Reporter: TAKING PICTURES
UP A WOMAN'S SKIRT IS A FELONY
CALLED "UPSKIRTING."
WHEN HEMLINES RISE WITH THE
TEMPERATURES, SO DO
"UPSKIRTING" ARRESTS.
THERE ARE FIVE IN NEW YORK
CITY DURING THE UNSEASONABLY
WARM WEEK LAST MONTH.
LIKE AT THE 8th AVENUE AND
14th STREET STATION WHERE
ALVAREZ WAS ARRESTED FOR USING
HIS PHONE TO REPORT UP A
WOMAN'S SKIRT WHILE WALKING
BEHIND HER.
I HAVE HEARD HORROR STORIES
THAT IT HAPPENED TO PEOPLE.
Reporter: HOW OFTEN DO YOU
SEE SOMEONE STANDING WITH
THEIR PHONE LIKE THIS?
CAMERAS CAN BE IN ANYTHING.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING ANYTHING,
YOU NEED TO REALIZE THERE
COULD BE A CAMERA IN IT.
Reporter: THE SPY SHOP IN
MURRAY HILL INSTALLS SECURITY
CAMERAS IN CAR KEYS, WATCHES,
DVDs.
THE GEAR STARTS AT $200.
IT'S EASY TO OVERLOOK.
THESE TWICE ARE MEANT TO
PROTECT BUT THEY HAVE SEEN
THEM MISUSEED.
WE HAD A CUSTOMER COME IN
AND SAID HE DID HOTEL
SECURITY.
HE BROUGHT A BACKPACK BROUGHT
IN.
HE WAS USING IT FOR
"UPSKIRTING."
HE TOLD US WHAT'S DOING.
Reporter: THE D.A.'S OFFICE
SAYS IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SAY
SOMETHING BUT THE PROBLEM IS
IT'S HARD TO SPOT AND WOMEN
ADMIT IT'S HARD TO PREVENT.
WHEN YOU'RE WALKING UP AND
DOWN THE STREET, YOU LOOK
BEHIND YOU, BE LADY LIKE.
Reporter: "UPSKIRTING" IS
PUNISHABLE UP TO 4 YEARS IN
PRISON AND POTENTIAL SEX
OFFENDER REGISTRATION.
FROM GRAND CENTRAL STATION,
ALI BAUMAN, CBS 2 NEWS.
THE FOUR PLACES WHERE IT
HAPPENS MOST ARE SUBWAY
STATIONS AT LEXINGTON AVENUE
AND 59th STREET, GRAND CENTRAL
TERMINAL, TIMES SQUARE, AND