Many residents in Palm Springs not too long ago attended a Neighborhood Townhall hosted by the police division. The goal of the meeting was to inform residents about the technologies and military gear getting employed to combat crime in the city. Lieutenant William Hutchinson emphasized the significance of transparency and public comfort with the use of this technologies. The most important concentrate of the meeting was on drones, automated license plate readers, cameras, and armored cars.

Presently, Palm Springs has license plate readers installed on police vehicles, and they are functioning on expanding this to street lights, poles, and other components of the city. The purpose is to have these readers at main intersections and entrances/exits of the city in order to monitor who is coming and going. Even though street cameras are generally a controversial subject in terms of privacy, several residents expressed their assistance for them. Some residents even compared it to the comprehensive camera surveillance in London and saw it as a organic element of contemporary technologies.

According to Lieutenant Hutchinson, these technologies can significantly help in tracking and solving crimes in the city. They can support recognize stolen cars, missing persons, and violent offenders. The use of camera technologies enables the police division to resolve crimes a lot more rapidly than ahead of. The police program to present a proposal for fixed license plate readers to the city council at the finish of the month.