A new license plate recognition camera and software is coming to Pittsburg, Kansas in the coming months.
KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
Police officers and overall law enforcement are stretched to the limit, not only in Joplin or Pittsburg but nationwide.
According to a search of the phrase ‘police officer’ and Pittsburg, KS on the job search website Indeed.com last night. In a 35-mile radius, there are job openings in Pittsburg, at Pittsburg State, in Giard, Fort Scott, and Erie, Kansas.
You get the idea.
To help alleviate the workload on their police department, the Pittsburg City Commission Flock Safety's Falcon License Plate Recognitionsystem is to be installed.
A representative of Flock spoke about the system Tuesday night.
“What you’re seeing on the screen right now is what you might see on a similar shot on the back of a, from a Flock camera.
So what this is, you're seeing the make and model of a vehicle, you are seeing the license plate, the color of the vehicle.
What you're not seeing is anybody who is driving that vehicle or any of the occupants in the car.
So that’s not something that the camera picks up.”
The council unanimously approved $44,100 for the first year, and $42,000 to install 14 cameras.
The installation will take place in the next 3 to 5 months.
