The Hampton Police department recently implemented Blue View, a program which allows businesses to share live security footage with law enforcement.
However, the program is its early stages.
“We have not collected any data with regard to apprehensions based on the camera footage,” Sgt. Reggie Williams, spokesman for the Hampton Police Department, wrote in an email. “As the program is fairly new, this type of data collection may be something that becomes available in the future.”
The live feed is shared with the department’s Real Time Information Center which analyzes crime trends and monitors cameras throughout the city, according to the department’s news release.
So far, they are the only locality in the Peninsula to do so.
“The PIO team has no knowledge of any plans to implement that program at this time,” Sarah Ketchum, spokeswoman for the Newport News Police Department, wrote in an email.
Stephanie Williams, spokeswoman for the James City County Police Department, said they not have a similar program nor do they plan to implement one.
And Capt. Troy Lyons, spokesman for the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office, said he doesn’t think the department has the infrastructure for a similar program, adding the amount of data transmitted, such as streaming live video, would “fill that pipeline very quickly.”
Lyons also noted security issues within individual networks and noted the YPSO’s is in the process of searching for software to organize getting data and other information to the department.
In Williamsburg, the police department recently partnered with Ring so residents can use the Neighbors app to capture home security footage and share videos with law enforcement.
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For more information about the Blue View program, go online or contact Lt. Michael Wisniewski at 757-727-6313 or mwisniewski@hampton.gov. You can also contact Cpl. William Darden at 757-602-9310 or wdarden@hampton.gov.
