East Palo Alto is looking to join the growing list of Bay Area cities with license-plate-reading cameras installed by law enforcement. The mayor and police chief believe these cameras will also help East Palo Alto improve its reputation.
As he heads out into the community he's proud to serve, Police Chief Jeff Liu says East Palo Alto is on a mission. 'We're going to make East Palo Alto safer,' he said. One way to achieve that goal would be the addition of automated license plate readers , like the ones by Flock Safety that other Bay Area communities are utilizing. 'Agencies up and down the Peninsula are using Flock cameras and they're so successful,' he said.
'These are just pictures of the backs of cars driving on public streets. Anybody with a cell phone could be out there recording the same information in the public right of way.' Mayor Antonio Lopez is pushing for the city to adopt the ALPR technology.'You know, we're a city that is transforming. I'm really proud that we had zero homicides last year - given our history of being the murder capital in the 90's - we want to continue to build on that public safety record.
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