Columbia’s city council holds a public hearing Monday evening on the Flock camera system.
Columbia Police chief Jill Schlude addressed the issue at Friday’s press conference at city hall, regarding last weekend’s downtown shooting. Chief Schlude tells reporters that CPD detectives used a combination of video footage from private cameras and publicly-owned Flock cameras to establish that seven people fired guns during the gang-related shootout downtown:
“So in this case obviously absent those videos and photos and physical evidence, I can safely say we would not have eight people in custody. And certainly not 11 firearms,” she says.
Columbia’s Flock camera system utilizes automated license plate recognition (ALPR) and live-view intersection cameras throughout the city. Monday evening’s meeting begins at 6 at city hall.