Garner police share successes of Flock camera program
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>> THIS IS A FLAWED CAMERA.
IT HELPED POLICE FIND 3
SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH
TODAY IN WAKE COUNTY WHICH
INJURED A TODDLER AND AN ADULT.
THE BUREAU CELSI DONOVAN
EXPLAINS HOW THIS CAMERA SYSTEM
HELPS LAW ENFORCEMENT SOLVE
CRIMES.
>> THE 3 PEOPLE INSIDE THIS
MANGLED CAR WERE ARRESTED LAST
NIGHT IN GARNER. ONE OF THE
OFFICERS LOCATED THE VEHICLE ON
JUNCTION BOULEVARD NEAR TRYON
ROAD. THE CAR DIDN'T STOP AND
GARNER. POLICE TRIED TO PULL
OVER THE DRIVER. THE CAR
CRASHED 2 MILES LATER. SO
THERE'S 3 DIFFERENT HANDGUNS
AND THAT VEHICLE, THE SUSPECT'S
INSIDE WERE ARRESTED AND
CHARGED. NOW THAT CAR COULD
HAVE BREEZED THROUGH TOWN WITH
NO PROBLEM. BUT A CAMERA JUST
LIKE THIS ONE CAUGHT A FLOCK
CAMERA, TOOK A PICTURE OF THE
CAR'S LICENSE PLATE.
>> GARNER POLICE GOT AN ALERT
THAT THAT VEHICLE WAS STOLEN
OUT OF CLAYTON. THAT HELPS US
TO HAVE MORE EYES IN DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS. WE RECOVER. 75% OF
THE STOLEN VEHICLE. IT'S THEY
ARE CALLED AUTOMATIC LICENSE
PLATE READERS AND THEY'RE
CATCHING CRIMINALS FINDING
MISSING PEOPLE.
>> AND PERHAPS STOPPING MORE
CRIME BEFORE IT OCCURS. THESE
PEOPLE HAVE PROBABLY COMMITTED
CRIMES AND OTHER AREAS THAT
COMING INTO OUR JURISDICTION.
MORE THAN LIKELY THEY'RE GOING
TO BECOME A CROPS HEARING SINCE
2022. GARNER POLICE HAVE
RECEIVED 384 ALERTS 256 WERE
SUCCESSES. THEY RECEIVED 191
ALERTS FOR STOLEN CARS.
>> IN WHICH 144 WERE COVERED.
AS FOR WANTED PERSONS THEY
RECEIVED. 95 ALERTS AND FOUND
40 OF THOSE PEOPLE. IT IS FOR
SMALL. FAR. THERE ARE ROUGHLY
15 FLOCK CAMERAS IN GARNER.
THEY DON'T RECORD IN REAL TIME.
AND CAPTAIN ADAMS WITH THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE
NOT LOOKING FOR LOW-LEVEL
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. THE PROGRAM
COST ABOUT $40,000 TO IMPLEMENT
AND COSTS ABOUT $37,000 A YEAR
TO MAINTAIN CHELSEA DONOVAN
WRAL NEWS GARNER FLOCK CAMERAS
HAVE BEEN EXPANDING AND USES
ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST
2 YEARS.
>> THESE ARE SOME OF THE
DEPARTMENT'S USING THE RIGHT
NOW IN ROANOKE RAPIDS, NASH