After one year of deploying LiveView Technology s LVT Platform mobile surveillance units in various retail store parking lots in Opelika, the city saw a 40% decrease in shoplifting.
“We can’t think of a better way to show our love and respect for Bubba other than having this event in his honor," Opelika Fire Department Chief Shane Boyd said.
The United States is the number one consumer of sexual exploitation in the world. Worthy², a faith-based Opelika nonprofit, has a mission to eradicate sex trafficking by educating others and reaching out to victims.
The Opelika and Auburn Police Departments have worked to build on their relationship with the Auburn-Opelika community since the killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020.
Opelika Police Chief Shane Healey and Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said their departments haven’t made any major changes within the past three years, but have continued growing their programs, growing relationships in the community and improving the training for their officers.