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Atlantic Police begins a Community Camera program to help solve crime

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January 4th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Department is reaching out to individuals and business owners in the community that have surveillance cameras installed in an effort to assist investigating crimes. Investigating crimes take a considerable amount of time and resources that are critical in the beginning stages of developing facts of a case. With your help, authorities hope to streamline the process by making potential evidence available during this critical time. With the abundant availability of security cameras today we can help make our community safer by having information available quickly to help solve crimes in our neighborhoods.
For the Police Department, knowing where valuable video evidence may be available is an amazing resource to have in helping to keep our community safe. Many times, investigators use precious resources they have attempting to locate who may have camera footage, and then contacting a homeowner or business owner to try any acquire that video or photo evidence.
The Atlantic Community Camera program allows anyone that has security cameras, to inform the Police Department how they can be contacted in the event that they may be useful in gathering evidence of a crime that may have occurred near them. The Atlantic Police Department is committed to our community partnership, and with your help, we can continue to improve our response to helping those who are victims of crime.
A few key things to know:
• Your information is kept strictly with the Atlantic Police
Department.
• Law enforcement cannot view any footage without your
permission.
• You are not obligated to turn over any footage to assist us.
• You are free to decline at any time.
• There is no fee to register.
Everyone who is willing to participate in the program and partner with the Atlantic Police Department, is sincerely appreciated. You can find more details and register by visiting https://atlanticia.seamlessdocs.com/f/ACCP.A