The City of Reno’s Parks and Recreation Department says cameras will be placed in areas where they see concerns for illegal dumping along the Truckee River.
Officials told us this will allow for faster response and ultimately decrease the amount of waste that makes it into the river.
Landon Miller, who is the Fund Development Manager for the Parks and Recreation Department, said, “Two total cameras, in areas that are not frequented by a lot of people, that they are known spots for littering, dumping, unwanted activity. And we put the cameras there to essentially deter that activity, and again, the whole point is we put cameras up, people won’t litter. That litter doesn’t end up in the Truckee River and damage our watershed.”…