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Mayor and police unveil mobile camera units and other technology under Prop E to target open-air drug markets, sideshows and car break-ins
Summary
Mayor London Breed and San Francisco public-safety officials on Sept. 24 unveiled solar-powered mobile camera units and described a coordinated technology strategy funded by Proposition E to deter open-air drug markets, sideshows and car break-ins in city hot spots.
The San Francisco mayor's office, Police Department and other public-safety officials demonstrated solar-powered mobile security camera units and described how the city intends to use technology approved by voters under Proposition E to deter and investigate crimes.
At a Sept. 24 presentation the mayor, police chief Bill Scott, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto and other city leaders said several technologies'including drones, license-plate recognition cameras and the new mobile security units from Live View Technologies (LVT)'are being coordinated to respond to hot-spot crime problems such as open-air drug markets, sideshows and vehicle burglaries.
Police officials said recent use of technology has coincided with substantial drops in…
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