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Frisco police unveil citywide license plate camera program
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A network of 81 license plate recognition cameras will soon be installed at intersections across Frisco, o cials said. Frisco City Council members approved a $434,150 agreement with Flock Safety, the security software company behind the technology, to install 81 license plate-reading cameras during an Oct. 15 meeting. As of Oct. 17, locations for the cameras have not been deter- mined. Possible locations are expected to include higher-popu- lation areas around the city, such as malls, according to an Oct. 1 work session presentation. Funding for the contract came from a grant from the Motor Vehi- cle Crime Prevention Authority, according to meeting documents. What you need to know Flock cameras will not replace other police technology, Deputy Chief of Police Jason Jenkins said Oct. 1. One bene t of the new cameras is they will help cut down investigation times, he said. “Part of the problem we’re trying to address is basically it’s helping us combat crime,” he said.
“The population is growing, our visitors are growing. Our force can’t grow to the magnitude that it needs to. We’re always behind.” An 81-camera network can sound like a lot, but due to Frisco’s size, there are some areas of the city that the cameras may not reach, Jenkins said. The plan is to ask for additional cameras annually, he said. How it works The cameras capture and catalog the license plates and descriptions of vehicles driving on the road in a database that police o cers can access, according to Flock Safety’s website. The information is deleted after 30 days if it goes unused, according to an Oct. 1 council work session presentation. Flock license plate cameras cannot capture who is driving a car, meaning it cannot use facial recognition, and will only know who a car is registered to, according to the Oct. 1 council work session presentation. The system also cannot be used for tra c enforcement and does not collect data on the speed the car is traveling.
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