• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
29 °f
Platte
50 ° Thu
48 ° Fri
48 ° Sat
52 ° Sun
The Platte County Landmark Newspaper
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward
  • Home
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward
No Result
View All Result
The Platte County Landmark Newspaper
No Result
View All Result

Weatherby Lake cops getting body cameras

Ivan Foley by Ivan Foley
February 7, 2016
in Weatherby Lake
15
SHARES
383
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via Email

Thanks to a donation from Platte City, the Weatherby Lake police officers will soon have body cameras.

A decision to donate nine no longer used CopVu body-worn cameras to the Weatherby Lake Police Department was supported by the Platte City Public Safety Subcommittee Monday night.

RelatedNews

Work set on Hwy. 9 and Prairie View

Details of county’s business grant program still in the air

Details of county’s business grant program still in the air

Platte City Police Department recently purchased upgraded body cameras, known as the WatchGuard Vista. With that purchase, the CopVu equipment is no longer of use to Platte City.

Gary McMullin, chief of police for Weatherby Lake, population 1791, requested that the CopVu cameras be donated to his department.

The CopVu cameras are a server-based system, according to Carl Mitchell, police chief for Platte City. Mitchell says Platte City upgraded its technology security by eliminating severs and going to work group/cloud-based systems.

Mitchell says Platte City police will maintain the video library from the CopVu cameras on portable external hard drive, complying with its current records retention.

“Although the CopVu cameras are obsolete for our purposes and some of them are showing their age with slightly reduced battery lives, they should function properly until Weatherby Lake Police Department can obtain the funds to replace them,” Platte City Police Lt. Al DeValkenaere said.

“Due to the fact the CopVu cameras are no longer supported by WatchGuard they have little value,” DeValkenaere said. “Donating them to another police agency would have no financial impact on the City of Platte City.” McMullin, the Weatherby Lake police chief, said in a letter to Platte City officials that his department currently has no working officer-worn cameras.

“I believe the donation of your cameras to our department will aid in office safety and increase the accuracy of recalling our interactions with the public,” McMullin wrote.

“If awarded the cameras, we will strive to pass them on to another law enforcement agency when they are no longer needed by our agency,” McMullin added.

The donation would include cameras, shirt clips and chargers.

Platte City’s Board of Aldermen will take final action on the recommendation at its meeting later this month.

Tags: platte cityplatte countypolicePublic SafetyWeatherby Lake
Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley

Ivan Foley is owner/editor/publisher of the Platte County Landmark. Foley has been on the news beat in Platte County with The Landmark for 38 years, specializing in local government issues and accountability journalism. He has penned multiple award-winning investigative pieces. He provides weekly observations and editorial commentary in his Between the Lines column and serves as host of Landmark Live, a light-hearted videocast featuring newsmakers and events in the Northland. During his time at the helm of The Landmark, the newspaper has been awarded on multiple occasions for General Excellence in the Missouri Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. In 2016, Foley won the Tom and Pat Gish Award, a national honor given by the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky for displaying courage, tenacity and integrity in rural journalism. A big fan of the Chiefs and Royals, Foley resides in Platte County not far from KCI Airport.

Related Posts

45 Years Ago–March 12, 1976

by Ivan Foley
March 1, 2021
0

Robert C. Ham of Parkville recently was presented a watch for 30 years of service at Western Electric and Mrs. Ham was presented a pin in honor of the occasion. The Park Hill Acapella Choir will present their 24th annual...

30 Years Ago–March 8, 1991

by Ivan Foley
March 1, 2021
0

The Platte County R-3 High School Concert and Jazz Bands will present a concert Thursday, March 14. The program, under the direction of Wendell Doyle, will feature two selections which the concert bands will be performing at the district music...

15 Years Ago–March 2, 2006

by Ivan Foley
March 1, 2021
0

A winning $200,000 Powerball ticket will be split nine ways among six Platte County R-3 teachers and three R-3 maintenance workers. Each of the winners, after taxes, will receive $15,778. They are Rebecca Stallard, 42, Platte City; Tamara Judds, 47,...

45 Years Ago–February 27, 1976

by Ivan Foley
February 26, 2021
0

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Buxton of Weston announce the birth of their daughter, Valerie Sue, on Sunday, Feb. 22, 1976 at St. John Hospital in Leavenworth. Mrs. Buxton formerly worked at Bobbi's Hair Fashions in Platte City. Doug Hunt, Platte...

Next Post

Weston pair arrested in steroid scheme

Popular News

  • Why the urgency for R-3 bond issue?

    Why the urgency for R-3 bond issue?

    23 shares
    Share 9 Tweet 6
  • Around 1,700 shots to be offered in the next week

    16 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • City ‘finds’ 2,300 records, gives them to Jason Maki

    16 shares
    Share 6 Tweet 4
  • Investigations, rolling outages and building south

    9 shares
    Share 4 Tweet 2
  • Attorney general probing Parkville on Sunshine

    8 shares
    Share 3 Tweet 2
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Call us at 816-858-0363

Copyright © 2019-2020 The Platte County Landmark Newspaper - All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Subscribe Online
  • Local News
  • Opinion
  • Landmark Live!
  • Looking Backward

Copyright © 2019-2020 The Platte County Landmark Newspaper - All Rights Reserved

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist