ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office is considering adding new security cameras to county parks after eight people were shot during a Fort Pierce car and bike show last month.
No arrests have been made in the case where an innocent mother was killed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day event.
The proposal would add cameras to not only Ilous Ellis Park, the location of the shooting, but also to Pepper Park, Lakewood Park, Lawnwood Stadium and the Stan Blum Boat Ramp.
The cameras would allow deputies to monitor feeds inside the sheriff's office real-time crime center and capture license plates in and out of certain areas.
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Brian Hester outlined the proposal to county commissioners during a meeting held Tuesday.
"It would give us another source of information that was right there recorded that is non-disputable evidence of who was involved and what happened," Hester said.
The cameras would incur an initial cost of $125,000 with a recurring yearly cost of $15,000, according to Hester.
He said the funding would come out of the county's crime prevention program — a self-sustaining fund that wouldn't cost taxpayers extra money.
The St. Lucie County Commission would have to approve the measure.
