On Tuesday February 11th, Santa Cruz Police Department met with the Beach Flats neighborhood affected by cases of gun violence to talk about License Plate Readers (LPR). To keep our community safe, we can use technology that identifies vehicles, tracks leads, and helps law enforcement capture the evidence to solve crime.
Chief Andy Mills recaps the community meeting in his blog and shares
The plan is to borrow several license plate-reading cameras from Northern California Regional Intelligence Center. The cameras will be set up in areas of high gun violence in Beach Flats neighborhood and other key areas in the city.
There is a proposed ordinance circulating that would significantly limit the police use of technology, please join the discussion. Investigators will use LPR to develop leads in gun violence cases. License plate readers will help officers catch criminals and, in fact, be a deterrent to those wanting to commit a crime in the City of Santa Cruz.
SCPD is dedicated to our community with ongoing efforts to keep Santa Cruz a safe place to live, work, and raise a family.
