Suburban Dayton police are using a network of public and private cameras to solve crimes

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has renewed funding through next summer for a program it calls TALEN (Technology Anonymized Law Enforcement Notification). This series of public and private cameras, operated by the vendor FUSUS, is being piloted by Dayton Police, Miamisburg Police, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Trotwood and West Carrollton.

Attorney General Dave Yost describes it as a “high-tech neighborhood watch” that covers a much larger area with the idea that “individual neighbors and businesses contribute extra eyes and ears in real time so police can watch what is going on.”

Yost says privacy is paramount and everyone gets to decide how much access they want to give.