Paso Robles Police plan surveillance camera at Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park in Paso Robles. Image from Google.
The Paso Robles City Council voted last week to authorize the Paso Robles Police Department to proceed with a surveillance camera pilot program using state grant funding.
The fixed camera project is expected to deter calls for service in problematic areas, and to be useful as both an investigative and evidentiary tool in law enforcement efforts. If the system is proven to be successful as in other communities, it is easily scalable to expand into other areas of the city.
City councilmen voted unanimously to move forward and receive a $61,000 grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections.
The pilot program will include two to four surveillance cameras in locations around the city, such as Pioneer Park, which has seen a number of “public nuisance” incidents, according to Paso Robles Police Lt. Tim Murphy.
Police in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo already use public security cameras.
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