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DeSoto police encourage HOAs to buy Flock license‑plate cameras and offer a camera‑registration option for residents
Summary
The DeSoto Police Department described how Flock license‑plate readers and mobile LPR units are used, explained a voluntary camera-registration program for residents and reiterated the nonemergency and Text‑A‑Tip contact options.
Chief Joe Costa and staff described the department’s use of license-plate readers and private surveillance in investigations and encouraged homeowners associations to purchase Flock systems.
Costa explained that the department uses several fixed and mobile license-plate-reader systems (Flock cameras) to identify stolen vehicles, wanted people and vehicles of interest via national and Texas databases. He said HOAs have purchased Flock cameras at…
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