Warren to install cameras to catch illegal dumpers

WARREN

The city is purchasing four video-surveillance cameras that will soon go into use to catch people making a mess by dumping trash in areas such as the bike trail.

At a meeting this evening of the Community Development Committee of Warren City Council, Enzo Cantalamessa, safety service director, explained that the cameras being provided by VEC of Girard will have license-plate and facial-recognition technology that will make it possible to track down the vehicles and people responsible for such crimes.

“The hope is some of the dumpers will be captured on video and prosecuted, so an example can be made to discourage others from doing it,” Cantalamessa said.

They will be placed in the most problematic areas to start, “and they can be moved,” he said.

Read more about the plan in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.