NIPIGON — Police are inviting residents and business owners in the Township of Nipigon to take part in a program designed to help investigators track down suspects after a crime has been committed.
The CAMsafe program creates a database of residential and commercial security cameras.
Officers accessing the database will see a map of the local area identifying where cameras are located.
By clicking on an address registered with the program, police can obtain more details such as contact information for the owner.
But "officers cannot access your security cameras or cloud-based accounts," OPP said in a statement Tuesday.
If police wish to examine camera footage, they must make a request to the owner of the property on each occasion.
Owners have the option of providing additional information when they register, such as the direction their camera faces, and screenshots of the camera view.
Registrants may also view their own information and can delete their accounts or change their information at any time.
OPP already have CAMsafe programs in operation in Kenora, Dryden, Ignace and Sioux Lookout.
The Thunder Bay Police Service operates a similar system, with 103 homes and 33 businesses registered to date.
