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In October of 2023, the Marshalltown City Council approved an agreement with Flock Safety for the implementation of a public safety camera program to be utilized by the Marshalltown Police Department.

Since 2017, the city has had a limited public safety camera program. This program was initially funded by the Marshall County Crime Stoppers organization. Crime Stoppers conducted fundraising efforts that subsequently led to public safety camera sites being located in Marshalltown and in rural Marshall County. In Marshalltown, the camera sites are:

1. Center & Anson
2. 3^rd Avenue & Anson
3. Parking lot behind Center Street Station bar

Although the 2017 program has been very limited, public safety cameras have assisted law enforcement in solving criminal offenses.

In 2022, the Marshalltown City Council designated $150,000.00 in local option sales tax funds to increase the number of public safety cameras in the system. The 2017 public safety cameras were installed and maintained by RACOM. When the Marshalltown Police Department began research on expanding the public safety camera program, it was learned that much of the current equipment would need upgrading.

For over a year, the police department worked with a committee to review the public safety camera needs in our community