Cameras installed at Fry Park
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By Carmen Ensinger
With hundreds of thousands of dollars of improvements made at the Carrollton Pool and Fry Park, the Park Board went one step farther and installed CCTV, otherwise known as security cameras.
“The Park Board had been looking into installing cameras due to the vandalism being done to the park restrooms,” Park Board member Peggy Clough said. “The Pool Board was also considering cameras due to past vandalism at the pools.”
For several years, over the winter, vandals had broken into the restrooms of the pool and caused considerable damage with the vandalism going unnoticed until the pool opened and the vandals going unknown.
Those days are over. With the new equipment and new park bathrooms, the Park Board decided it was time to invest in some security.
They contacted Chris Ornellas owner of CILCOMM in Greenfield and he came to the May meeting of the Park Board and made a presentation.
“There was a unanimous vote to go with CILCOMM to install cameras at Fry Park,” Clough said. “Information and a bid was given to Pool Board Chairman Bernie Faul, who shared it with her board members and they voted to go with CILCOMM as well.”
Ornellas came up with a plan for both the pool and the park resulting in five cameras installed at the pool and seven cameras scattered around Fry Park for a total of 12 cameras.
These cameras are not your “bargain basement” cameras. They are high resolution, infrared and allow the users to zoom in on any section of the park they desire.
Park and Pool Board members have an app on their phone which allows them to view all 12 cameras any time, night or day. The feeds are recorded should an incident occur and images can be blown up and printed to help with facial recognition.
Last month the city unveiled the new improvements at the park, which included new bathrooms, pickle ball courts, new playground equipment and much more.
“The Park Board decided that since the upgrades were just being finished up that it was imperative to get cameras installed,” Clough said. “The cost for the cameras was minimal compared to the costs associated with repairs done to the pool and restrooms, due to the vandalism.”
