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Fort Pierce approves $1.83 million expansion of license-plate readers and gunshot-detection pilot
Summary
The City of Fort Pierce approved a five-year expansion of Flock Safety services, including additional license-plate readers, cameras and a gunshot-detection pilot covering roughly 1.5 miles; city staff said the system has helped investigators and will be funded from the city's capital fund, spread over five years.
The Fort Pierce City Commission on Oct. 21 approved a multi-year agreement to expand Flock Safety license-plate readers, cameras and a gunshot-detection pilot area after staff described past successes and outlined how the technology would operate.
Captain Jason, the police captain who presented system details, told the commission the department has used the vendor's license-plate readers for two years and credited the system with aiding a criminal investigation last fall. "That vehicle was identified through their flock system," he said, describing an instance in which detectives tracked a…
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