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THE FRISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS USING TECHNOLOGY TO PUT MORE EYES ON CITY STREETS.
“THIS WILL BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR OUR OFFICERS.” “FRISCO HAS ALWAYS PRIDED ITSELF ON BEING ONE OF THE LEADERS IN INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND THIS SYSTEM HELPS OUR DEPARTMENT COME INTO THE 21ST CENTURY OF POLICING.” DOZENS OF LICENSE PLATE READING CAMERAS ARE NOW UP AND RUNNING ACROSS THE CITY OF FRISCO THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
“THE CAMERAS ARE AFFIXED TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS AND AS A VEHICLE PASSES IN FRONT OF IT, THE CAMERA TAKES A PHOTO OF THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND SCANS THE LICENSE PLATE CHARACTERS. IT RUNS THAT LICENSE PLATE AGAINST THE NATIONAL AND STATE DATABASE AND IF THE VEHICLE SHOWS TO BE STOLEN, A WANTED PERSON, A MISSING PERSON, FOR LIKE AN AMBER ALERT OR A SILVER ALERT, THEN IT WILL ALERT AN OFFICER.” THAT ALERT DOES NOT GIVE A FRISCO POLICE OFFICER PROBABLE CAUSE TO STOP THAT VEHICLE.
“AN OFFICER IS REQUIRED BY OUR POLICY TO RUN THAT ALERT MANUALLY AND VERIFY THAT THE TECHNOLOGY READ THE PLATE CORRECTLY AND THAT THAT PLATE TRULY IS EITHER STOLEN, WANTED.” AND THE CAMERAS DO NOT IDENTIFY PEOPLE.
“THIS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY VEHICLES AND LICENSE PLATES ONLY. PEOPLE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PHOTOS.” THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE CAMERAS IS ONLY STORED FOR 30 DAYS AND ONLY USED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
THAT INCLUDES EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION OFFICERS WHO RECEIVE THE 911 CALLS.
"THE NOTIFICATIONS WILL POP UP FOR THEM AND ONCE THEY GET THOSE NOTIFICATIONS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO THEN VERIFY THE PLATE HIT AND NOTIFY OFFICERS.” THERE'S ALSO A MOBILE APP.
“THE MOBILE APP ESSENTIALLY BECOMES A SECOND TOOL ON HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM. THE OFFICER WILL KNOW ‘OK WHEN THE MOBILE PHONE GOES OFF, THAT’S SOMETHING I NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE IT’S CLOSE AND I MIGHT NEED TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION.’” "WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE CITY BY EFFECTIVE PLACEMENT, MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SYSTEM TO BETTER HELP PROACTIVELY ADDRESS CRIME TRENDS.” THE DEPARTMENT HOPES TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE PROGRAM THROUGH GRANTS.
"WE CAN GATHER DATA, WE CAN SHOW THE BENEFIT AND WE CAN PLAN FOR FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY WITHOUT DIPPING INTO ANY DEPARTMENT FUNDS.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO FRISCOPD.COM AND CLICK ON FLOCK TRANSPARENCY UNDER QUICK LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOME PAGE.
"OUR GOAL WITH THESE CAMERAS IS TO MAINTAIN OUR REPUTATION AS BEING ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA."
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.