NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) will ask Metro Council to consider allowing the department to receive outdoor surveillance camera video feeds from commercial businesses to assist in criminal investigations.
MNPD Deputy Chief Greg Blair said that video is often the key to solving investigations or closing a case, but that kind of evidence can sometimes be time consuming to get a hold of.
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“When the detective goes to a market and they try to get video, nine times out of ten, we can’t pull the video,” Blair told News 2. “No one’s there to manage it. We can’t get access; it’s in the wrong format. We come back here — it doesn’t work.”
Police want to expand on a system they’re already using, called FUSUS , to make police work more efficient and be able to see potential crimes happen in real time. The MNPD said businesses could choose to install devices that would allow officers to access surveillance cameras remotely.