METAMORA (25News Now) -The Village of Metamora Police Chief Brad Rebman told 25News that they are investigating after they discovered that two more of their Flock cameras had been cut down.
Rebman said that they found out on Friday that the cameras had been vandalized and are currently working with neighbors in the area to use Ring video surveillance to attempt and find the suspect. The village police department is now left with two out of their five Flock cameras.
One of the Flock cameras cut down was located on the intersection of E Partridge St and E Mount Vernon St. The other, was located at the intersection of IL 89 and Wiedman Rd. in Metamora.
For now, Rebman reminds citizens about how the station uses flock, as well as directs people to the village’s website for information on their automated license plate readers.
“We’ve actually solved a couple burglaries shortly after we obtained Flock, that helped us track down the vehicle that was used in the commission of the crime,” said Rebman.
“We have very strict policies on how we use Flock in general. We only have three admin people that are on Flock, and any of my officers have to have a case number and a crime has to be committed before they can even gain access to the Flock cameras.”
This isn’t the first time a Flock camera in Metamora has been cut down.
Over the summer, one more was removed, located on the outskirts of town on Santa Fe Trail.
Rebman tells us that the cameras are insured and are expected to be replaced.
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