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Captain Mark Thornton of Detroit PD Relates a Moment that Mattered

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Channel: Motorola Solutions · 2016 · Science & Technology

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Hear from Captain Mark Thornton of the Detroit Police Department on a moment in which technology helped them to be their best when it mattered most.

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We had a situation at one of our locations where a child was hit by a vehicle as he was crossing the street.  

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The video camera angle was set on that particular business, who is a green light business, that was able to capture the vehicle that was involved in that accident, which enabled us to be able to identify what type of vehicle it was,

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and then be able to actually track down the driver of that vehicle, who ultimately turned himself in, which brought that case to a close. 

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If that camera system didn’t exist, that investigation could have taken months, where in turn it only took a couple of days to actually find out and identify those who were involved.

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