Fargo police partner with Bell Tower to use bank’s downtown surveillance cameras in real time

Fargo police partner with Bell Tower to use bank’s downtown surveillance cameras in real time

FARGO — The Fargo Police Department can use a local bank’s surveillance camera system to watch for crime live in downtown, a partnership that could become more common. Through a unanimous vote on its Oct. 27 consent agenda, the City Commission gave the police department authority to sign a contract with Bell Bank that lets officers access Bell Bank cameras in the downtown area, including at the Bell Tower, the bank’s 14-story headquarters 520 Ma…