BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Niagara County Sheriff's Office has announced that it will be installing 67 cameras new throughout the county, all aimed at cutting down on crime.
They're part of a partnership with Flock Safety.
The sheriff's office says the cameras will be used to automatically read license plates and send alerts of wanted or stolen vehicles to officers within seconds.
"It's a snapshot of the rear of the vehicle with the license plate," Sheriff Michael Filicetti said. "If that vehicle triggers, let's say it's a stolen vehicle, an Amber Alert, a Silver Alert, it's been hot listed or there's a wanted individual on a warrant and it's attached to that license plate, those would all be instantaneous alerts, things of that nature, and it would go directly to law enforcement here in Niagara County, so that we could act on those."
The Niagara County Sheriff's Office says that the cameras will not be used for traffic enforcement or facial recognition.