Status report: Win $100, register security camera with RTCC

FOCUS SB/The Inquisitor "Help Solve Crimes ... register security cameras ... win $100" campaign

The campaign started Oct. 15, 2021, to encourage businesses to register security cameras with Shreveport's Real Time Center.

FOCUS SB posted $1,000, an anonymous donation provided $1,000, and Caddo Judge Craig Marcotte contributed $100.

Kevin Thomas is the director of RTCC (kevin.thomas@shreveportla.gov).

Eighteen checks for $100 have been distributed, and $300 is left in the "pot" to be awarded.

A partial list of winners include:

Beaird Tower -- downtown

Little Realty -- downtown

Gene Mims Builder -- Line Avenue

Mosquito Mist -- Youree Drive

Sound Minds -- Texas Avenue

Porter's Cleaners -- Youree Drive

Music Mountain Water -- Stoner Avenue

ELA Group -- Aero Drive

Tech Medics -- Mansfield Road

Rutherford House -- Line Avenue

Marlene Yu Museum -- Travis Street

Figlio Tree Service -- Pomeroy Drive

And five apartment complexes -- Sanctuary, Castlewood, Cypress Landing, Oak Meadow, Tiffany Square.

Please encourage businesses to contact Kevin Smith or Keith Hanson for more information.

FOCUS SB is proud to sponsor this promotion in an effort to help make Shreveport a better city.

This is a follow-up to the very successful promotion "Don't be a SNOT, GET the SHOT" COVID-19 campaign promotion last year. Again, FOCUS SB contributed $1,000 to this effort. Ten local residents won $100 in weekly drawings.

NOTE: This report was presented to the Shreveport City Council at its work session on Monday, Jan. 24.