ABC-7 Listens: 09.12.15

are are all recording. rick cabrera explains in abc-7 listens. pkg you’ve heard us say it before … police are looking for a certain vehicle and it’s a certain color. as you can imagine … that’s not a lot to work with and depending on the model and make … there could be thousands of cars driving around the borderland that fit that description. linda writes … “when a news story reports a hit and run accident, there is a request of the public to look out for the possible vehicle that caused the incident. ” am not understanding why any number of cameras on the roads cannot be used as a tool to accomplish this. “can you please look into this? linda i looked into it … but already knew the answer. blanca del valle with the texas department of transportation … re-affirmed that the tx-dot traffic cameras we show during our newscasts … do not record. of course there are some cameras which the city oversees. here’s what city spokesman ramon herrera told me … “city roa cameras only detect the presence of vehicles in order to provide the correct signalization. these do not record. “i you are asking about red light cameras, you’ll have to check in with eppd.” so, i did and el paso police department sergeant robert gomez told me he’s not aware of red light cameras ever being used to locate a vehicle. he also said it would have to a very serious offense because it would be incredibly time consuming. so, linda … that’s why when we describe a vehicle to our viewers … there’s never any video to go along with it. rick cabrera. abc-7 listens. a father-daughter duo is arrested for robbing a bank and leading