AUSTINTOWN TWP., Ohio - Austintown Township trustees are considering putting cameras in their high crime areas. The Flock cameras would be used by the police department to read license plates to place suspects at the scene of crimes.

“Whether it's a theft, whether it's shooting, homicide, a robbery there's really no limit to what we can solve with these cameras,” Greg McGlynn, a Detective Sargent with the Austintown Township Police Department said.

The camera would store data for 30 days then be completely deleted if not downloaded for a case. All of the video would be owned and managed by the Austintown Police Department.

“Their checks and balances in place in order to make sure that people are searching the right things at the right time, that theirs a case number associated with it

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