Neighborhood turns to cameras that read license plates to solve crime

Flock is a wireless, solar-powered security system that can take pictures of cars and even read license plates.

The cameras were put up Monday in the Hearthstone subdivision in Collierville, and are set to be installed in a nearby neighborhood next week.

Neighborhood homeowner’s associations are hoping the technology will not only help solve more cases but also make criminals think twice.

Collierville is one of the safest communities in the Mid-South, but Donald Terry with the Village Park Homeowner’s Association knows any city can become a target for crime.

“We’re not immune to anything that could happen,” he said.

The board was looking for an inexpensive way to monitor their neighborhood, and that’s when Terry discovered Flock.

It uses cellular networks to capture images and transmit them to the Cloud, where the data is saved for 30 days.

“If something were to happen, unfortunately, we would have documented proof and evidence and something to turn right over to the Collierville Police Department,” Terry said.

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