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After a Silver Alert, St. Marys police restore paper maps in patrol cars and report park camera upgrades
Summary
St. Marys Police Chief Derek Cid told the LEPC the department completed traffic studies, sidewalk improvements and camera upgrades at the city park and returned to paper maps for searches after a February Silver Alert highlighted limits of digital maps.
Derek Cid, St. Marys Police Chief, reported the City of St. Marys conducted traffic studies, installed sidewalks improvements and upgraded cameras at the city park.
Cid said the department issued a Silver Alert in February and determined that physical maps remain necessary for search operations; he reported that every patrol vehicle now carries a set of paper maps. The department presented the change as a practical lesson learned from recent search operations.
