Cameras installed outside Vidalia Police Department
Published 12:23 am Friday, June 14, 2013
Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Security cameras that were installed around the exterior of the Vidalia Police Department headquarters yesterday, are scheduled to become fully operational early Friday morning.
VIDALIA — Proud parents may not be the only ones watching baseball games at the Vidalia Municipal Complex.
The Vidalia Police Department added four cameras to the exterior of the building Thursday to improve security, Assistant Police Chief Bruce Wiley said.
Jay Sowers / The Natchez Democrat — Michael DeLorenze, left, and Adam Gamberi, right, work to install hardware for a number of security cameras they installed around the exterior of the Vidalia Police Department headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
The department spent approximately $5,000 to purchase the cameras and a new digital video recorder, Wiley said.
The city’s information technology department installed the cameras on each corner of the police department building. Two of the cameras will face the tennis courts. The other two will face the baseball fields.
“We aren’t trying to solve a problem,” Wiley said. “We should have done this when we moved into the building. Ideally, I’d like to have cameras all over the municipal complex.”
The new cameras aren’t the only ones in the municipal complex.
Last year, the police department installed 18 infrared and night vision cameras throughout the building, including two with the ability to zoom in on object more than 2 miles away.
The video feeds are monitored in the dispatch room, but can also be accessed via smartphone.
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