CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The town of Clarksville might add license plate readers (LPRs) to the group subsequent month as a further public security measure.
In response to Communications Director Jimmy Settle, a decision that shall be mentioned on the Clarksville Metropolis Council assembly in January will specific assist for an LPR system for the Clarksville Police Division.
The municipality had beforehand accredited and put in cellular LPR tools in 2010 and had subscribed to non-public LPR information “for a number of years”.
In response to Settle, Chief of Police David Crockarell and Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts started selling the idea of LPR, what they do and what they do not, earlier than leaders of each the Hispanic group and the NAACP in early December. In response to an announcement, the method of sharing info inside the group continues.
“As regulation enforcement enforcement know-how continues to evolve and advance, let me applaud Chief Crockarell and our Police Division for selecting to implement License Plate Readers responsibly and punctiliously,” Pitts stated. “As we did when body-worn cameras have been first launched, our Police Division has rigorously thought of the effectiveness of this know-how to increase our capability to guard the general public. The addition of License Plate Readers at key state freeway intersections shall be a lifesaver for our residents.”
The police chief stated the implementation of the know-how can be in keeping with the division’s mission to be “devoted to offering a protected atmosphere for our residents and guests.”
“Clarksville is without doubt one of the most secure massive cities in Tennessee,” Crockarell stated. “The primary objective of this program is to scale back victimization, clear up and scale back violent crimes, and discover the lacking. I recognize the assist I’ve obtained from Mayor Pitts and the management of the NAACP and the Hispanic group. I’m positive that our metropolis council members share the identical objectives and can present their assist.”
In response to Crockarell, LPRs will solely be geared toward automobiles touring on the state street, not in neighborhoods or business storefronts.
Knowledge collected from them will be in comparison with an robotically accredited regulation enforcement “scorching listing”. The LPRs shall be used to reinforce investigative capabilities by amassing clues to analyze crimes reported to the CPD and different regulation enforcement businesses, Crockarell stated.
Moreover, the know-how will reportedly help the CPD in its mission to scale back crime, significantly crimes involving automobiles equivalent to murders, violent assaults, armed robberies, and automobile hijackings. LPRs can be utilized to search out lacking individuals, together with runaway kids, AMBER, and Silver Alerts, in addition to lowering circumstances of stolen automobiles that begin out as car thefts.
What LPRs and CPD will not do is concentrate on the motive force of the car, Crockarell stated. The digicam is directed solely on the car tag space and doesn’t present facial recognition or identification of car occupants. In response to the police chief, it is not going to be used to prosecute minor visitors violations equivalent to dashing, information is not going to be shared with immigration or used for normal surveillance.
CPD confiscated authorities funds and submitted a letter of intent to launch the LPR program, in accordance with an announcement launched by the Metropolis of Clarksville.
With continued assist, CPD will submit a remaining portion of the challenge’s software, with an estimated price of lower than $20,000, in accordance with an announcement. From there, the challenge can be allowed after which cameras can be positioned solely on state freeway routes.
The listing of places is but to be finalized, however attainable places embrace:
- Tiny City Highway/Preachers’ Mill Highway
- Fort Campbell Avenue south of State Freeway 374
- Fort Campbell Boulevard on State Line Highway
- Wilma Rudolph Boulevard on Needmore Highway
- Martin Luther King Jr. Madison Avenue in Parkway
- Windfall Avenue at Preachers Mill Highway
- State Freeway 48/13 at Riverside Drive
- Faculty Road on Kraft Road
- Interstate 24 Exits 1, 4, 8, and 11
#Clarksville #Police #add #license #plate #cameras #state #roads
