On Monday night the Marshalltown City Council approved the purchase of 32 Flock cameras to be put up in town to help the police department catch criminals.  The cameras have a license plate scanner that will help law enforcement.

That is Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper discussing how the cameras will operate.  Captain Kiel Stevenson made a presentation about the cameras a few weeks ago at a city council meeting.  Chief Tupper explains further how the cameras work when they pick up a ping for a vehicle.

The money used to fund these cameras is coming from the revenue received from the Automated Traffic Enforcement cameras that were put up earlier this year.

Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB