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Sheriff's office outlines plan for license-plate readers and adds SRO coverage at Rolling Hills Local schools
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Summary
A Grandview County Sheriff's Department officer told the Rolling Hills Local school board it is pursuing a grant to install a license-plate-reader system called 'block' on campus, and the department described adding a second school resource officer and use of portable units at community events.
A Grandview County Sheriff's Department officer briefed the Rolling Hills Local School Board on a plan to install a license-plate-reader system and the department's expanded school coverage.
Detective Williams, the sheriff's office representative, told the board the department is "trying to secure a grant, that will allow us to install a system called block." Williams said the technology records license-plate images and checks them against entries in a national law-enforcement database to flag stolen vehicles or persons of interest, and that the system has already been installed at interstate locations.
The sheriff's office described four fixed units and one portable unit already in use in the county and said the portable unit can be deployed to community events and high-traffic locations "to use that around the fairgrounds" and other peak times. "That would be the first in the county of the school," Williams said, framing the stationary unit as a local first for a school property.
Williams also described increased on-site policing: the department recently added a second school resource officer in partnership with the district. He said SROs could use real-time or historical plate-reader data entered into law-enforcement systems to support investigations or traffic monitoring: "They could get real time or historical data from something in there, that would be entered."
Board members asked procedural questions and thanked Williams for the update. No formal vote on procurement or grant acceptance was recorded during the presentation; Williams said the department was pursuing grant funding to underwrite the equipment.
Why it matters: license-plate readers and SRO presence change what tools the district and law enforcement can use to monitor campus activity and coordinate responses to incidents. The board heard the proposal and the sheriff's office's justification but did not take formal action on purchasing or grant acceptance during the meeting.
What happens next: The sheriff's office and the district will continue discussions about grant timing, placement of stationary and portable units, and how the technology would be used at campus events. The board thanked the department for the partnership and did not record further action during this meeting.
