A West Columbia, South Carolina neighbourhood had been dealing with complaints from their residents. Residents were noticing vandalism happening around their community and they wanted to put an end to it.
The vandalism wasn’t just bringing down their property values. Residents were concerned about the safety of themselves and their neighbours, and felt that their homes and neighbourhood were being violated.
Licence plate reading camera
Hoping to put a stop to the vandalism, residents reached out to their HOA board who contacted the police. Thankfully, the South Carolina neighbourhood had recently installed a Flock Safety licence plate reading camera at the entrance of their neighbourhood.
This camera captures vehicles and objects that pass by the camera
This camera captures vehicles and objects that pass by the camera. After police were aware of what was happening in the neighbourhood, they reached back out to the HOA board for more details on the vandalism. Police narrowed down a possible vehicle to one they were already familiar with and asked if the HOA knew the vehicle.
Simple search tool
Thanks to Flock Safety’s simple search tool, the HOA board was able to search through footage themselves. With licence plate details provided by police, the HOA board entered the details into Flock’s system. Within seconds of hitting ‘submit search request,’ their system pulled up a match of a vehicle that had entered their neighbourhood.
Since police already had a vehicle in mind, the Flock Safety footage provided the evidence that this vehicle had been seen in the neighbourhood. The footage this neighbourhood’s HOA was able to provide was enough for police to move forward with the case.