West Valley school district gives police emergency access to video network

PHOENIX — The Surprise Police Department on Wednesday announced a partnership with the Dysart Unified School District that gives the department remote access to the district’s network of cameras.

The partnership will allow the police department to view live video feeds throughout the district’s 26 West Valley campuses during emergency situations.

The department said the access can provide officers with important real-time information when responding to incidents at facilities in the Dysart school district.

Mesa Public Schools has a similar agreement with the Mesa Police Department and the Peoria Unified School District has one with the Glendale Police Department.

Surprise police also announced Wednesday that the city is implementing a Flock camera system — a database using the city’s traffic-monitoring cameras — to assist authorities in developing trend data, assist in criminal investigations and inform officers as they respond to calls.

The system also allows Surprise residents and businesses to give the city’s police department access to privately owned cameras — doorbell cameras or security cameras, for instance — through the Surprise Safe community camera registration program.

The city of Buckeye has a similar program in place.

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