Name: License plate readers help police make arrests, recover stolen cars
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Description: Garner police have made 50 arrests in the first six months of using their new Flock cameras.

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NEWS COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. >> THESE CAMERAS BEHIND ME ARE EASY TO MISS AND SOMETIMES HARD TO SPOT IN GARNER. BUT THEY'RE PROVING TO BE A BIG HELP IN TRACKING DOWN SUSPECTS AND RECOVERING STOLEN CARS. IT HAS BEEN 6 MONTHS SINCE THE TOWN. ROLL THEM OUT THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS. AND TONIGHT WR INVESTIGATE. JOE FISHER IS CHECKING IN ON THE PROGRAM. NOT JUST IN GARNER BUT ACROSS THE AREA. >> WELL, I'M BUSY INTERSECTIONS PARK ENTRANCES. I NEVER NOTICED THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE. >> 15 CAMERAS ACROSS GARNER ARE SCANNING LICENSE PLATES. >> THERE'S A TON OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING TO HONOR EVERY DAY IN THE LOADING OFFICERS LIKE STEPHEN FERRARI TO WANTED CRIMINALS IN REAL TIME STOLEN LICENSE PLATE, A STOLEN VEHICLES, A BIG ONE THAT WILL HAPPEN TO MONITOR. NOT TO MENTION OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND MISSING PEOPLE. IT WILL SET OFF JUST SORT OF AN ALARM IN OUR VEHICLE AND WITHIN SECONDS, HE CAN SEE THE TAG NUMBER. THE CAR'S LOCATION AND THE CRIME, ALL THE OFFICERS THAT ARE ON PATROL. THE TIME WE IMMEDIATELY JUMP ON THE RADIO AND START ORGANIZING SOME KIND OF PLAN OF ATTACK IN ORDER TO GET OVER THEIR SURROUNDING AREA AND TRY TO QUARANTINE THAT VEHICLE INTO LOCATION. >> GARNER POLICE ROLLED OUT THE FLOCK SAFETY CAMERAS 6 MONTHS AGO AT A COST OF ROUGHLY 40,000 A YEAR. SO FAR THE CAMERAS HAVE ALERTED POLICE 102 TIMES LEADING TO 56 RECOVERED CARS AT ABOUT 50 ARRESTS IN KNIGHTDALE. THERE ARE A BIG 24 HITS AND 5 ARRESTS AND THE CAMERAS HAVE HELPED IDENTIFY SUSPECTS. IT IS ASSAULT. >> AND A SERIES OF CAR BREAK INS INVOLVING STOLEN GUNS. THAT'S HUGE. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY THAT SOUNDS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. JOHN CLIFFORD SUPPORTS THE CAMERAS, BUT UNDERSTANDS WHY SOME HAVE EXPRESSED PRIVACY CONCERNS. GARNER POLICE SAY THEY DON'T USE THAT VIDEO FOR SURVEILLANCE OR LOWER-LEVEL OFFENSES LIKE EXPIRED TAGS AND THEY ONLY RECORD PLATES IN PUBLIC SPACES WERE TRYING TO GET THE ACTUAL CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET. MOST OF THE SITUATIONS ARE CRIMES ARE COMMITTED IN OTHER AREAS AND THEY COME TO GO INTO >> AND MOST LIKELY LOOKING TO COMMIT OTHER CRIMES. SO IS MILEY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOCATE THESE PEOPLE? ASKED ARE COMING INTO OUR JURISDICTION. CAPTAIN CHRIS ADAMS SAYS IN MANY CASES THE TRAFFIC STOPS LEAD TO ILLEGAL DRUGS AND GUNS. YOU MAY GET A HIT ON A VEHICLE AND STOPPED AT THE ONE REASON AND U UNCOVER SO MUCH MORE. A NEW TOOL PUTTING MORE EYES ON THE ROAD HELPING OFFICERS CRACK CASES QUICKER TO ME THAT THAT IS SUCCESS. AND THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE ALSO BEING USED BY THE EDGECOMBE AND NASH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS 3 CAMERAS IN NASH COUNTY HAVE ALREADY HELPED DEPUTIES TRACK DOWN SUSPECTS. >> TIED TO STOLEN CARS AND BREAKING INTO BUILDINGS. MEANWHILE, HEARING GARNER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE IN FAVOR OF ADDING EVEN MORE CAMERAS IN THE FUTURE. I'M JOE FISHER. WRAL NEWS GARNER. >> FLOCK SAFETY SAYS THE CAMERAS DON'T HAVE ANY FACIAL

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