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🛡️Community Safety: York Regional Police expands community safety tech with 22 new CCTV cameras

  • Marian
  • Sep 22
  • 1 min read
Security camera with "POLICE" text above, reflecting a cityscape and people, mounted on a building; modern, vigilant mood.

York Regional Police expands community safety tech with 22 new CCTV cameras, thanks to $255K in provincial funding matched by York Regional Police. These cameras, equipped with automated licence plate readers, will help officers detect stolen vehicles in real time and respond swiftly, preventing further crimes like home invasions and carjackings.


📍Richmond Hill will see new installations, bringing the total to 10 cameras, part of a growing network aimed at curbing auto theft and violent crime. A pilot project launched in April 2024 already showed promising results, reducing violent crime by 6% near camera sites.


🎥 Cameras will only monitor public spaces and store footage for 72 hours unless needed for investigations. The initiative reflects a data-driven approach to policing, targeting high-risk areas and modernizing crime prevention tools.


Locations in Richmond Hill are at:

  • Yonge St. / Crosby Ave., Richmond Hill

  • Yonge St. / Carville Rd., Richmond Hill

  • Norman Bethune Ave / East Beaver Creek Rd., Richmond Hill

  • Hwy. 7 / East Beaver Creek Rd., Richmond Hill

  • Yonge St. / Arnold Cres., Richmond Hill

  • Red Maple Rd. / High Tech Rd., Richmond Hill

  • Yonge St. / Major Mackenzie Dr., Richmond Hill

  • Yonge St. / Regatta Ave., Richmond Hill

  • Yonge St. / Doncaster Ave., Richmond Hill

  • Major Mackenzie Dr. E. / Bayview Ave., Richmond Hill


 
 
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