The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office says it is donating $100,000 to San Jose small businesses to help combat retail theft.
The funds will allow eligible businesses to connect their security cameras with the San Jose Police Department’s high-tech security system, enabling police to monitor those businesses in real time, the DA says.
The pilot program, a partnership between the DA’s Office and SJPD, aims to connect at least 200 businesses with the the police security system, the DA says.
Here’s how it works, according to the DA’s Office:
- Once an alarm is tripped or there is a 911 call, the technology allows SJPD to patch into a business’s surveillance cameras and see the crime in progress.
- The real-time footage will allow police to send descriptions of the suspects and their vehicles to responding patrol officers.
- FLOCK cameras also will be deployed to pull up the vehicle as it is fleeing the scene.
In addition to the technology, the DA’s Office says it also is donating concrete planters to place in front of businesses to prevent thieves from driving vehicles through storefronts.
“We have created specialized units, made major arrests and we are prosecuting retail thieves to the fullest extent of the law,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a news release. “Now, it is time to do even more. People doing business in Santa Clara County must know that we are business friendly – and business safe.”
The DA’s Office says the donation is from proceeds it received in its lawsuit against Google.
The latest action comes after a gang crashed an SUV into a San Jose small business and invaded the store, smashing display cases and stealing jewelry. The elderly owner was injured during the robbery.
NBC Bay Area staff
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