ARLINGTON, Va., May 16, 2017 — Tellwright Systems, Inc. today introduced Kerbside, a community safety camera that reads license plates and vehicle characteristics and shares them with the local police department in real time. Kerbside cameras are solar powered, connect over cellular networks and can be installed on an existing pole in under an hour, without trenching or a power supply.
Kerbside is offered not only to police departments but to the communities they serve: towns, homeowners’ and neighborhood associations, schools and businesses can install cameras on their own property or rights-of-way, and choose to share what the cameras see with their local agency.
“Communities have always been the first line of public safety. Kerbside gives them a way to help that is lawful, accountable and doesn’t ask anyone to stand on a corner with a notebook,” said Damon Pruett, chief executive officer of Tellwright. “And because Kerbside is connected, a stolen car that passes a camera in one town can be stopped in the next.”
Kerbside does not use facial recognition. It records vehicles, not people. Footage and reads are retained for 30 days by default and then deleted, unless they are needed for an investigation.
Kerbside is available from today at $2,500 per camera per year, including installation, maintenance and connectivity. Twenty-two communities in four states took part in an early access program.
About Tellwright
Tellwright builds software and connected devices that help public safety, national security and commercial organizations bring their information together and act on it. Its products, Concord, Handset, and Kerbside, are used by mission partners across the United States and in allied nations. Founded in 2011, Tellwright is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, with an engineering center in Denver. For more information, visit tellwrightsystems.com.
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