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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Police Department is looking to deploy a more than a dozen "smart streetlights" throughout the Hillcrest business district in anticipation of the annual Pride Parade later this month.
Authorities announced the installation of unused smart streetlights, which are paired with automated license plate recognition technology, in the neighborhood Monday as a means of deterring crime — notably hate-based crime — in the area.
According to SDPD, they are also looking at installing unused cameras in a number of other places, although those have yet to be determined.
It comes in the wake of a string of pellet gun attacks at Hillcrest bars serving predominately LGBTQ+ patrons earlier this year, a startling incident that left several people injured. San Diego police are still investigating the assault as a possible hate crime.