September 25, 2013
Illegal dumping has recently become a huge problem within the City of Richmond, CA and officials have installed several FlashCAMs to help address the issue. At the illegal dumping hot spots that their FlashCAMs were installed, “Illegal dumping ceased at those locations” and they have seen great results by “using them (FlashCAMs) as a deterrent.”
June 12, 2013
Yakima Police Department has been using FlashCAMs throughout their city to address their issue of graffiti. “When we put up a camera, we’re going to catch someone right away or the graffiti actually stops” says Officer Jamie Gonzales. The high resolution images that the FlashCAM has captured has helped solve dozens of cases for the department.
News Channel 5 in Ohio aired a story on May 25, 2012 of the Lorain County Sheriff’s Department and the creation of an Environmental Crimes Unit to address their growing illegal dumping issue.
This Environmental Crimes Unit are using FlashCAM systems, which they report has allowed deputies to make numerous arrests and have been effective as an illegal dumping deterrent. “The camera can record the suspects committing the crime, their vehicle and we can also get the license number” says Deputy William Curtis. Read more at www.newsnet5.com.
The Illegal Dumping Task Force of St. Louis, MO has been experiencing great success with their FlashCAM program launched in 2011. They’ve already made over 200 arrests of illegal dumping criminals, by identifying them with their license plate numbers and faces captured by the FlashCAM.
Although their primary purpose of their FlashCAM program was to target their $4 million illegal dumping issue, the FlashCAM has been helping them identify other criminals in the act. After a drug deal in a north St. Louis neighborhood, a man holding a gun was captured on a FlashCAM installed in an illegal dumping hot spot.
“It’s working out well because we’re catching more than just what we were fishing for…” said Sgt. Ron Hasty, St. Louis City Trash Task Force.