Skywatch tower offers Norman police bird's-eye view

 
BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.com
Published: November 19, 2011

NORMAN — Police hope to use a newly acquired Skywatch mobile observation tower to deter crime during the holiday shopping season.

The tower provides a 25-foot-high observation platform, which can be manned by two officers with binoculars and radios who can get a bird's-eye view of high-traffic shopping areas often targeted by thieves, said Capt. Mike Praizner .

The observation tower can be towed and p...


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