MADRAS, Ore. -- Over the next few months, Madras city officials plan to install eight security cameras around town to deter crime and record whatever crime they do not deter. Then, they plan to purchase 25 more.

Mayor Jason Hale calls it "a tiny bit of Big Brother that will make sure the community is safe."

But he said the serenity of the 1950s is gone, and nobody these days can trust everyone else.

City officials say they also hope the cameras will provide on-the-spot photos of the town of six thousand for visitors to the city's Web site.

Last year Bend gave up on attempts last year to install surveillance cameras downtown after residents, vacationers and business owners spoke out about the potential invasion of privacy.