The Board of Trustees approved the purchase of seven Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) Cameras covering all entrances to the Village to assist in identifying vehicles involved in criminal activity.
The purchase was included in the projected 5-year budget provided by the Police Department.
Background: Flock Safety’s ALPR cameras can provide actionable, accurate evidence that increases case clearance rates. Searches can be conducted by vehicle make, color, type, license plate, state of the license plate, missing plate, covered plate, paper plate, and unique vehicle details like roof racks, bumper stickers, and more.
Riverwoods Police currently have access to search Flock cameras in other towns. Investigative searches so far have led to Riverwoods Police identifying and charging drivers involved in a hit-and-run crash and a fleeing and eluding investigation. Witnesses were unable to see the license plates in these incidents but were able to provide vehicle descriptions. The descriptions were entered into the Flock Portal resulting in photos of the vehicles and license plates from cameras in neighboring towns.
Flock Safety customers own all of the footage they collect with Flock devices; Flock will not share or sell any customer data with third parties. Every search conducted in the Flock Safety system requires a specific reason for a traceable audit conducted by law enforcement leadership, constituents, or municipal government.
