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Commissioners approve $5,000 crime-prevention payment for license-plate reader cameras
Summary
Chase County commissioners approved a $5,000 payment from the Crime Prevention Fund to cover the annual maintenance invoice for two license-plate reader cameras; sheriff’s office presented recovery statistics and public-safety uses.
Chase County commissioners voted on Jan. 31, 2025 to pay $5,000 from the Crime Prevention Fund to cover the annual maintenance invoice for two license-plate reader cameras operated by the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office presented system statistics and said the two cameras — sited near Highway 15 and Highway 177 approaches — have generated numerous “hot list” alerts since installation, including stolen-vehicle and missing-person alerts. The sheriff said the system has yielded 11 full recoveries with an aggregated recovered property value of about $65,000 in cases reported through the vendor’s system.
“After those two cameras, you’ve had a 95 of those [hot list alerts] since those cameras have been installed,” the sheriff said, adding that the cameras also assist investigations by documenting vehicle movements that can inform drug and interdiction cases.
Commission action: a commissioner moved to approve the sheriff’s request for $5,000 from the Crime Prevention Fund to cover the annual license-plate reader invoice. The motion carried on voice vote with no recorded opposition in the transcript.
Future funding and access: the sheriff said the county has explored applying for grant funding for additional cameras and noted some technical and recurring-server costs would be required for new installations. Commissioners asked the sheriff to continue pursuing grant opportunities and to coordinate any future requests with county finance staff.
