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at six it's an all-seeing safety net that's been cast over downtown Bryan

good evening i'm joe brown crystal galley camera are now up and running and

recording your

every move it is the technology we first told you about

in October that will help police crackdown on crime

by catching criminals breaking the law new story christa ross joins us live

in Bryan Cranston these cameras reported for duty today

across all being driven to the downtown Bryan area recently

you may have noticed several addition on top wanted the area's most prominent

building

if not take a look up and you'll see what we're talking about cameras designed to help police

that today began reporting

it's a place to shop

stroll and take in a little piece of local history

downtown Bryan is quickly becoming a place to see

and now be seen it just if something happens we can go back

use it as a resource and it during big events

just above the LaSalle hotel the six new cameras that allow Brian police to see

what's going on out here

and watch it from inside up here we can actually

read and see what's going on here

the officers first glimpse at what the new surveillance system can do

at just the push of a button

cameras with the ability to zoom into the fine details on a car

like a license plate number him play a big role in future investigations

videos become won the most important pieces that police department has

and recreate crime scene when they go to court you can you can't risk refute what

what they have on tape its high-tech surveillance

belief they could have helped them piece together the murder scene a 20-year-old

dale ellis

who was found dead in an abandoned downtown building just a few weeks ago

it would have been able to see what took place before and after

the the incident other the cameras were not been running then

police say now that they are it's the technology local businesses

increase yes

and even schools could utilize in a crisis situation

we get permission from schools to tap into their system once were into it

were able to see their camera system we'll know where we need to go

in emergency will have that bird's eye view from the cameras that

now that the case you're wondering Bryan Police said they don't plan on monitoring

these cameras 24/7 instead they plan on using it as a tool in case something big does

happen

they can go back to watch it play out now what time you can count on a police

officer to be applied to camera do you know

is we're big adventure downtown like texas ranks or maybe even First Friday

when there's more people out here and now live in downtown Bryan Kristen Ross

news 3 this surveillance system cost the Bryan Police Department about 103,000

dollars authorities say

they were able to pay for those cameras their government grants

and criminal property seizures