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BEEN ALLOWED TO RESUME. ALSO
NEW TONIGHT, WE'VE HEARD THE
STORIES OF FLOCK CAMERAS
HELPING SOLVE CRIMES. NOW
THEY'VE ADDED NEW FEATURES TO
HELP KEEP ROADS SAFER. FOX
FIVE'S DENISE DYLAN IS LIVE
TONIGHT IN DUNWOODY AND DENISE.
SOME OF THESE FEATURES ARE
ALREADY IN USE THERE. YEAH.
THAT'S RIGHT, DUNWOODY HAS
CAMERAS LIKE THIS ACROSS THE
CITY. THEY'RE TESTING OUT SOME
OF THESE NEW FEATURES BEFORE
THEY'RE ROLLED OUT TO OTHER
AGENCIES. IT'S REALLY HELPED US
SOLVE A LOT OF CRIMES. DUNWOODY
POLICE HAVE BEEN USING FLOCK
CAMERAS AS CRIME FIGHTING TOOLS
FOR SIX YEARS. NOW THEY'RE
USING NEW FEATURES OF THE
CAMERAS THAT THEY HOPE WILL
KEEP THE ROADS SAFER. BY
COMBINING THE AUDIO FROM
GUNSHOT DETECTORS AND THE
VISUALS OF THE CAMERAS. FIRST
RESPONDERS WILL BE NOTIFIED
ABOUT CAR CRASHES FASTER. IF WE
HAVE THE SOUND DETECTION AND
THE CAMERAS WILL TURN TOWARDS
THE ACCIDENT, TRY TO LOCATE IT
AND WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY AND
ALSO KNOW WHAT CONDITION OR
WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES IMMEDIATELY, AS
OPPOSED TO WAITING FOR THAT 911
CALL, WHICH, YOU KNOW, ANY
DELAY COULD SAVE A LIFE.
THERE'S ALSO WRONG-WAY
DETECTION TO COMBAT DANGEROUS
AND IMPAIRED DRIVING. IT USES
LICENSE PLATE READERS ALREADY
IN PLACE THROUGHOUT DUNWOODY,
AND CAN DETERMINE WHEN A DRIVER
IS GOING THE WRONG WAY ON A
ROAD. WE HAVE THEM PRETTY OFTEN
IN DUNWOODY. A LOT OF IT'S
CONFUSION BASED ON OUR ROADWAYS,
BUT ALSO LOOKING FOR THOSE DUI
SUSPECTS THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE
OF WHERE THEY'RE DRIVING AND
JUST ALERT US TO ANY UNSAFE
ACTS. TYPICALLY, WE SEE
WRONG-WAY DRIVING BEING
ATTRIBUTED TO IMPAIRED DRIVERS,
AND SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO BE ABLE TO ALERT FIRST
RESPONDERS BEFORE THAT PERSON
HOPEFULLY DOES SOMETHING
DANGEROUS, ENDANGERS THEMSELVES
OR SOMEONE ELSE, AND BE ABLE TO
GO AND HOPEFULLY SAVE THAT
INDIVIDUAL. WHEN TECHNOLOGY
THAT USES ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE IS INVOLVED IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR EMERGENCY
RESPONSE. SOME HAVE QUESTIONED
THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION.
DUNWOODY POLICE SAY THEY ALWAYS
HAVE THE FINAL SAY. IT PULLS
THE INFORMATION IN AND TRIES TO
ANALYZE IT, BUT REQUIRES HUMAN
INTERACTION TO VERIFY THE
INFORMATION. THIS IS AUGMENTING
WHAT THEY CAN DO AND HOPEFULLY
LETTING THEM KNOW A LITTLE BIT
EARLIER. ANOTHER FEATURE
CURRENTLY BEING TESTED HERE IN
DUNWOODY, USING THE LPR, IS FOR
SPEED ANALYTICS TO DETERMINE IF
SPEED LIMITS ARE BEING VIOLATED,
OR IF THERE'S A PROBLEM AREA ON
THE ROAD THAT NEEDS TO BE
LOOKED AT. REPORTING LIVE IN
DUNWOODY, DENISE DYLAN,