100 license plate readers will soon be set up across Southwest Houston in an effort to combat crime.
One city councilman is turning to technology to help deter criminals in southwest Houston. FOX 26 Reporter Damali Keith explains.City Council member is planning to use technology in his district to help combat crime.
The initiative is as simple as, if you set up a surveillance camera, chances are someone committing a crime would choose to stay far away. "It’s a deterrent, right. If there’s one thing criminals don’t like is to be watched and to have eyes on them and cameras on them," Houston City Councilman Edward Pollard explains.
So 100 license plate readers will soon be set up in his district. They will take a still photo of every passing vehicle. "It won’t be an invasion on your privacy rights because the only still photos that will be documented and sent to HPD are only for cars that have been reported to have been involved in a crime. Sometimes people feel like this may be big brother, but sometimes when times are tough and times are hard, you call on your big brother for help and so that’s what we’re doing." says Councilman Pollard.
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