Overview

• The Santa Clara County District Attorney is providing $100,000 to connect about 200 small-business security cameras to SJPD’s real-time intelligence center, which already ties into more than 20,000 public-safety cameras.
• Police will be able to view live footage when an alarm triggers or a 911 call is made, then relay suspect and vehicle descriptions to responding officers.
• Automated license plate recognition, including Flock cameras, will help identify and track vehicles fleeing retail crime scenes.
• The initiative also sets aside roughly $50,000 for concrete planters to deter vehicle ramming through storefronts.
• The announcement follows the Sept. 5 Kim Hung Jewelry ram-raid that injured the elderly owner, with SJPD reporting no arrests yet as the investigation continues and prosecutors pledge aggressive charging once suspects are identified.