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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Ambridge, Pa.) Beaver County District Attorney David J. Lozier addressed Ambridge council and residents about license plate readers that will be installed at 14th Street and Duss Avenue in the borough. Residents were concerned about the use. The district attorney explained their use is to track vehicles that were involved in homicides, stolen vehicles, and violent crimes. DA. Lozier told the residents that the cameras are monitored and audited by police for investigative purposes.
Drug forfeiture funds collected by the borough are used to pay for the cameras. In three years, the borough will pay a service fee for the use of the cameras.. He said seven counties, including Beaver, are participating in the program. Lozier said in the last 12 months the cameras speeded up six homicide investigations.