From the Dufferin OPP Detachment:
The Dufferin detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has implemented the CAMSafe program. CAMSafe is a program aimed at creating a database of residential and commercial security cameras within a community that may act as a resource for police when investigating offences/crime.
When a police officer uses the CAMSafe database they will see a map of the local area. Officers can click on registered addresses to view further details, such as property owner contact information. Officers cannot access your security cameras or cloud-based accounts. If police would like to examine camera footage, they can make a request to the property owner using contact information from the database.
Interested community members are only required to provide basic contact information and camera location but, can include more details if desired, such as direction the camera faces, footage retention details or screenshots of the camera view. Registrants can only view their own information and can delete their account or change their information at any time.
"Everyone plays a part in keeping our communities safe. CAMsafe will help support members of the Dufferin County OPP Detachment to better collaborate with our communities to support the OPP's Vision of Safe Communities, A Secure Ontario. Success of this program requires our community to voluntarily participate by joining the CAMsafe registry. I would encourage residents and business owners alike to kindly consider registering their cameras into CAMsafe to help keep our communities safe and secure. "- Inspector Michael Di Pasquale, Dufferin Detachment Commander
To learn more about the CAMSafe program and to register security cameras please visit https://camsafe.ca/