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Committee hears that Code Red is down amid reported cyber-attack; trustees flag outdated police cameras
Summary
Vice President Arlene Geppert said the Code Red emergency-notification system is down and was reported in the news as the target of a cyber-attack; trustees also discussed that in-car cameras do not integrate with body cameras and that some equipment 'purchased from Marissa' is outdated.
Vice President Arlene Geppert told the committee on Nov. 24 that the Code Red emergency-notification system is currently down and that "it was on the news that they had a cyber-attack." Trustees said the outage affects the Village's ability to send emergency notifications.
Trustee John Feder said the board needs to evaluate different in-car cameras because existing systems "do not work together with the body cameras," and the committee agreed to revisit the issue at the next meeting. Trustee Ryan Heinecke relayed Officer Ottens' view that the cameras the Village bought "from Marissa are outdated," and said he told Chief Buehler the department should have purchased through Axon; Heinecke added that much of the equipment is outdated.
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