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Originally Posted by mysunshine1948
...Maybe security cameras need to be at entrances and pictures taken! The gates are a joke as many you do not need a card and you can just push a button and get in anyway.
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I have read many stories on The Villages online newspaper that make reference to gate cameras, and I believe high resolution cameras have been up and running at all the gates since 2014. They are aimed at the rear of the car so the license plate can be seen and at the front so golf carts can be seen. I'm sure the police have been going over video of all the vehicles that entered that morning.
Here's an example of video taken in the front so golf carts can be recognized; Villages Golf Cart Rampage - YouTube
The company responsible for the cameras and video;
Royce Integrated – The Villages – Villages, FL
Examples of stories from The Villages online newspaper;
"July 20, 2015 - Community Watch in The Villages pulled video from gate cameras that showed Leonard’s truck entering the Pine Ridge gate at 11:54 a.m. Thursday with nothing in the bed of the truck and leaving at 12:26 p.m. with what appeared to be appliances in the bed of the truck covered with plastic."
To summarize the rest of the story; a Wildwood Police Officer following Leonard's pickup truck with new appliances in the rear, stopped the truck and after checking with Fruitland Park Police, they made the arrest using the video.
Another example from The Villages online newspaper;
"September 12, 2014 - The new surveillance cameras installed at gates in The Villages are being monitored in real time at Community Watch headquarters. The new cameras are connected by fiber optics to Community Watch. The information is monitored on 24 screens by Community Watch personnel. A brief update on the cameras was provided at Friday morning’s meeting"