UISD Police Department Receives Vidmic Donation from Sheriff Martin Cuellar
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Jan 12, 2011, 0 Comments
Courtesy Maru De La Paz,
Laredo, Texas – On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, The Webb County Sheriff’s Office donated twenty (20) Video – microphones, which are police microphones with the ability to take pictures as well as digitally record video and audio, to the United Independent School District (UISD) Police Department. The donation of the vidmics was paid through the Webb County Sheriff’s Office forfeiture funds, which is money confiscated by Webb County Sheriff’s Office deputies from their successful disruption of the illegal sale of illicit drugs. This donation represents yet another preventive safety tool in the arsenal of policing equipment for the United Independent School District Police Department. During recent decades, the use of video evidence collected by in-car video recorders has enhanced officer safety, training, performance, and professionalism. However, most school district officers spend most of their time away from their cars’ video recorders and in the hallways of their assigned schools. The donated vidmics will allow the UISD officers to take this important police tool wherever they go. In dealing with minors, the United Independent School District Police Department must utilize extreme caution and the vidmics will allow officers to record and document situations as evidence for school records and court cases. Furthermore, the video will allow for school authorities to better identify participants in school incidents such as fights.
Sheriff Martin Cuellar is glad to be assisting a partnering law enforcement agency, stating that, “The Webb County Sheriff’s Office recognizes the particular challenges that UISD peace officers face daily in their special duties to protect the students, teachers, and other professionals on the campuses of their school district. They are tasked with a very special mission ensuring the safety of our youth. With these vidmics, the officers will possess another police surveillance tool to enhance their ability to carry on with this important mission.”
