The North Judson Town Council previously unanimously approved a 12-month contract for the purchase of a GPS/dual camera package system with professional install for town squad cars and other possible utility vehicles through Verizon.
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Discussion of security at the Pulaski County Courthouse carried over from the joint session into the County Council meeting, Monday night.
Recent events around the country have gotten the attention of the Pulaski County government.
During Monday night’s meeting, county IT Director RB Walters recommended using some available funds to install security cameras at the Pulaski County Courthouse. The cameras would be routed directly to the Justice Center for observation if an emergency button is hit.
The Knox City Police Department recently received new cameras and thermal imagers for the squad cars. Three cameras were received and two have been installed. The third camera will be installed in the last squad car in the near future.
“The cameras are activated on traffic stops,” explained Knox City Chief, Clint Norem. “We have ours hooked into the light system so once an officer activates his overhead lights, the camera system will start recording. The interesting feature with this system is it actually records between 30 and 60 seconds prior to the lights being activated. You may be able to catch the actual incident that occurred that led up to the traffic stop. In accident situations, there is a setting the camera that should the vehicle be involved in an accident, it will actually record 60 seconds prior to the accident. It’s a great benefit for not only the officers, but also the public.”
