The Clayton City Council is expected to approve a nearly $140,000 security upgrade that would add new surveillance cameras, emergency panic buttons, and centralized monitoring at several city facilities. Under the proposal, the city would enter into a contract not to exceed $139,800 with Keep IT Simple (KIS) and Verkada Inc. to install and upgrade security systems at City Hall, The Grove, Clayton Community Park, and the city’s Corporation Yard. According to a staff report, the city’s existing camera systems at City Hall and The Grove operate separately and lack the security and management capabilities needed for government facilities. Officials say there is currently no camera coverage at the Corporation Yard or Clayton Community Park, and no emergency alert system for employees at City Hall or in the City Council Chambers.
The proposed Verkada system would combine all city surveillance cameras into a single cloud-based platform that allows centralized monitoring and management. The project also includes emergency panic buttons that would automatically notify police dispatchers and provide responding officers with live video access during emergencies. The city plans to install new cameras and panic buttons at City Hall, upgrade cameras at The Grove, and add an entirely new camera system at Clayton Community Park. Officials say the technology will improve public safety, strengthen security for city employees and elected officials, and reduce the challenges associated with managing multiple independent systems. The project would be funded through previously approved Capital Improvement Program funds and other dedicated city funding sources, with no additional General Fund appropriations anticipated at this time. The City Council will consider the proposal during its meeting Tuesday night at Hoyer Hall. And in other news, this past week’s Clayton Police Report included zero arrests, zero burglaries, and zero vandalisms.
big brother is watching you. Dont do anything dumb.
So what are the panic buttons for? misuse of pronouns? Talk or speech that offends you? Not too much ever goes on in Clayton let alone crime which has always been historically low. Can understand the need for more modern technology but seems a bit over kill for the situation and cost. The only thing that goes on in the Grove is mom’s gathering with their children and socializing.
Is this really necessary? The City of Clayton obviously view residents as the enemy who need to be surveilled and that city employees need to be protected from. For a city moving forward with putting a sales tax increase on the ballot because they’re facing financial issues, maybe the Clayton City Council shouldn’t be spending money on this surveillance system.
Wrong, google it. Clayton is the 17th safest city in the nation…..let that sink in for a minute. In the nation not the state. We want to keep the riff raff out of our city. If it’s by extra surveillance, then so be it. Its literally one of the only cities you can leaved your home unlocked and not worry. People take care and have pride in their homes and the way the city looks. This is How it should be. Not having porch thief’s and transients all over the damn place. Stay the F out. Clayton has been the same for almost 50 years and doesn’t deal with BULLSh!t
I’m with you Jim ! Keep the SCUM OUT !
Concord Native,
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Cameras won’t, “Keep the scum out!” Removing “the scum” from public property absent a crime only opens the City of Clayton up to lawsuits.
Please post a link to that info Jim.
Every answer I found was different & Clayton wasn’t even mentioned.
Clayton, CA is widely recognized as one of the safest cities in the United States and California. Located in Contra Costa County at the base of Mt. Diablo, Clayton boasts a violent crime rate that is roughly 90% lower than the national average
Violent Crime Rate: The chance of being a victim of a violent crime in Clayton is exceptionally low, with FBI data historically indicating a rate well below 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
Clayton frequently shares the spotlight with other highly-rated, safe communities in California, particularly in the East Bay and Southern California. If you are looking for other cities with similarly low crime metrics, Clayton is comparable to: [1, 2, 3]
USA JIM,
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I never made a claim that the City of Clayton was safe or unsafe. I simply said, “The City of Clayton obviously views residents as the enemy who need to be surveilled and that city employees need to be protected from.” If cameras worked, then we wouldn’t have any crime. You obviously believe whatever the City of Clayton is telling you. Cameras won’t keep the “riff raff’ out, and removing the “riff raff” from public property absent a crime will only result in lawsuits for the City of Clayton and its residents. Why do those elected to office and employees of the City of Clayton fear the public? It no longer surprises me how many freedom hating Claycordians, Contra Costans, Californians, and Americans there are, the answer is always the same, more police, more cameras, more surveillance, all for perceived safety.
Hardly anything about Clayton is the same as 50 yrs ago, what are you talking about!!!
I truly miss our old Clayton, these days it’s just Concord East.
I miss the days of the Pioneer Inn, and the Clayton Round Up, The old Police Chief, Fred Albrick* lived across the street from my parents. Fred was awesome, I used to cook Tri tip at the Round Up, drink beer with the Clayton police, while Salmon fishing on Fred’s old Farallon boat on the Marin coast. The boat was named after his wife Patty, such cool people!!!
Nothing is the same as back then, and I do mean nothing!!!
I want my old town back, today it’s just another east bay city.
@Jim
I cannot think of any scenario where it would be considered a good idea for an adult male dressed as an adult female to hang out with innocent little children. So, you are correct, Jim…..Clayton doesn’t deal with BS; they just put up with it. But let’s get lots more cameras.
test bed for a grander lunacy, just like the Flock cameras on Marsh creek just past Regency. “Hey! they work fantastic in Clayton, we should install them everywhere” so it will be said.
opinion of a lunatic I guess
Hmm, wonder if there was an indecent/s that upped employee concerns ? ? ? ?
Or was it a really slick PowerPoint presentation.
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Have observed over the years, mainly of antioch, It’s allot easy spending
money when it’s not theirs.
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Do hope equipment SPECs are run by an impartial third party with respect
to features and product lifecycle timeline. Worked with CCTV in heavy
industrial setting as part of job duties, advancements in digital cameras
made it useless to stock specific model replacements. By the time it was
put into inventory system and stocked in spares warehouse, was already
obsolete.
How about a beat cop with a cell phone instead? Most locations for the proposed tech/upgrades are fairly close together. What are people so afraid of? The beat cop sees something, they phone it in. Folks could meet the cop, get to know them, maybe chat, maybe comment on a mountain lion sighting. The cop becomes familiar with folks and cars in the area. Do shifts, so there are fresh eyes every so often. People see a cop around. Naive, right? I remember small town Clayton. But I don’t remember all that fear.