Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Police Digital Video Recording Cameras
Sulphur Police Department purchased the top of the line equipment for police vehicles which will give them new capabilities in law enforcement.
The funding for the video equipment was a joint effort, part of the funding was provided from the drug asset forfeiture fund, and another part came from the City of Sulphur. The cost for the equipment totaled $120,000.
The patrol car video system is activated to record in a number of ways; this system is also hooked up to GPS so the command station can pinpoint the car's whereabouts. Two special antennae have been mounted to the Sulphur Police Station so that when patrol cars pass by, information will be automatically downloaded to the server. To protect the evidence, information is locked away from officers until court time.
These digital video recording cameras also have limited night vision capabilities. They will simply record what happened, and become the so called police witnesses.
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