Vanderburgh County’s largest subdivision has experienced bouts of property crime over the past few years. With a new surveillance system installed in Keystone Subdivision, the Sheriff’s Office hopes it can solve more crimes.
The six, hi-resolution, night-vision capable video surveillance cameras are located at key entrances to the Keystone Subdivision.
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said the new cameras will help fight crime.
“We work a lot of crimes in the county that oftentimes, we draw video from businesses or homeowners," he said. "So I thought, why don’t we try to do something specifically in particular subdivisons and see if we can solve more crime.”
Wedding approached the Keystone Subdivision Homeowners Association Board several months ago about creating a video surveillance system.
He said the new system is a pilot project, but hoped to work with other homeowners’ associations to introduce surveillance systems into their neighborhoods. However, Wedding recognized for some it might not be a financial option.
“There are some neighborhood associations that you can’t collect 8 dollars a year from everybody to keep the lights burning at the entrance of the subdivision, " he said. "But people have to realize in this day and age, that the more you keep an eye on your goods, the better protection you have, and that’s what it’s all about.”
A grant from the Sheriff’s Office helped fund a portion of the project with the homeowners’ association paying the rest of the cost.