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Item # 3.

Council Meeting (Updated)

Meeting Date:	08/25/2020
Department:	Police
Pillars:	Gold Standard in Public Safety
Milestones:	Improve communications and the use of technology

AGENDA CAPTION:

Present and Discuss Staff's Preliminary Findings Regarding Expansion of the License Plate Recognition and Optical Camera Systems.

BACKGROUND:

Staff presented the findings of the Addison Police Department's License Plate Recognition (LPR) and Optical Camera Pilot Project to Council on May 26, 2020. The report offered observations on lessons learned and discussed the effectiveness of the technology for Addison's public safety efforts. Based on Council direction, the presented information is staff's preliminary findings for future expansion of the LPR and Optical Camera systems. These findings include LPR expansion into single and multi-family residential areas; facilitating private property owners to install LPR equipment and share collected data with the police department; addition of LPR into key commercial areas along Beltline Road; and expansion/consolidation of optical cameras within Town-owned parks and trails.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff requests direction from Council.

Attachments
Presentation - Phase Two Preliminary Findings Regarding Public Safety Technology
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