GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – After seeing success during a test period, Green Bay police would like approval to keep license plate reading cameras for at least another three years.
The cost for 40 fixed cameras and two quick deploy cameras for three years is $332,000, according to city documents.
There are currently 28 cameras setup at major intersections and bridges as part of the testing program that started in July. Police say they capture an average of 7,000 vehicles a day. The data is stored for 30 days and then deleted, the department says.
Police credit the cameras for helping arrest a suspect from an April murder near Perkins and Western avenues. They also say the cameras are helping build a case against the man they suspect in an August murder on Packerland Drive.
The police department says these cameras will not be used to give traffic style tickets. They aren’t red light cameras, which are illegal in Wisconsin.
Flock Group is the company the police department would like to work with for the cameras after grading the vendor against two competitors.
City documents show $151,000 would come from the city’s American Rescue Plan Act money and $66,000 from Community Development Block Grant funding.
The police department is requesting the remaining $115,000 would also come from ARPA funding. The department would no longer pursue a gun shot detection system to offset the additional request.
Green Bay’s finance committee provided initial approval for the proposal at its meeting Tuesday evening, with the full city council likely to take it up at its meeting next week.
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