Due to the significant uptick in burglaries on interior streets in Morningside in 2024, the Morningside Lenox Park Association (MLPA) is launching a campaign to raise money for 5 additional license plate reader (LPR) cameras. The total cost is $42,500. Thanks to our Council Member Alex Wan, we already have $7,500. We also have pledges and donations totaling $19000+. Together with the $$ from Councilman Wan, we can purchase the first 3 cameras. We are asking the whole community to pitch in to complete the perimeter of entrance intersections.
Our current fund-raising goal is $16,000. This will get us LPRs 4 and 5.
How can you make a tax-deductible donation? Please send a check made out to the Atlanta Police Foundation and a completed LPR Tax-Deductible Donation Form by mail to:
MLPA
Attention: LPR Fund
P.O. Box 8156
Atlanta, GA 31106
How can you donate through Zelle? We can also accept donations for the LPRs through Zelle. Donations through Zelle are NOT tax deductible, however, because the MLPA is not a 501c3 organization. If you wish to donate through Zelle, please use treasurer@mlpa.org in Zelle to make your contribution. Please indicate that this is for the LPR campaign.
If you would like to use your Donor Advised Fund, please contact Fred Ehlers (fmehlers@yahoo.com) to coordinate the gift with the Foundation.
Please contact your employer for a possible match in donation funds.
These LPR cameras, which are made by Flock Safety, help the Atlanta Police Department (APD) track vehicles suspected of being involved in crimes from camera-to-camera across neighborhoods. Officers are able to get updates on vehicle locations in their patrol cars. Officers on patrol nearby to cameras where suspect vehicles are seen can stop the vehicles to investigate.
Background
- APD has a network of more than 20,000 video surveillance and LPR cameras across the City, as part of its Operation Shield program, which is supported by the Atlanta Police Foundation. Passive devices, like cameras, are effective in identifying and prosecuting perpetrators after the fact.
- Due to the generosity of neighborhood residents, businesses, our Council Member Alex Wan, and the MLPA, Morningside already has 11 LPRs. These cameras are located on through streets and entrance intersections to the neighborhood.
- LPRs cost $8,500 each, which includes three years of maintenance.
