Parking Lot districts (PLDs) have camera surveillance equipment that records 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. The original purpose of installing the camera surveillance system that includes 290 cameras, was to protect County property. These camera systems are focused primarily on the pedestrian and vehicular access points, ground level elevator lobbies and payment stations located within the parking garages. Over the past few years there has been an increase in security incidents reported by MCDOT's contracted security patrol officers and increased requests for video footage from Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) to investigate criminal incidents that have occurred in parking garages. The number of MCPD cases supported by video footage obtained from MCDOT parking garages has increased. Not all investigations using MCDOT systems are captured in MCDOT records since MCPD, SSD, and the Records Division maintain independent access, and in some cases, MCDOT provides video evidence without a formal request. While calls for service reported in the MCPD dashboard decreased from 2023 (810) to 2024 (760), DOT-assisted cases grew from 39 in 2023 to 61 in 2024. Additionally, camera surveillance equipment and systems in many parking garages are aging and are beyond their useful life, resulting in increased repair, replacement, and general maintenance costs. The majority of the 290 cameras currently installed in PLD garages are older analog and/or IP cameras, with an image quality range that is limited to between 1.3 - 4 megapixels. These cameras operate on a legacy ViconNet and Valerus software system that is connected and accessible only on the County FiberNet. It is anticipated that newer cameras will have enhanced features such as expanded fields of view, increased storage, cloud-based access to cameras, remote access from any browser or device, automatic security and software updates, person of interest and motion sensing alerts, and vehicle and people analytics, which make it easier and less time-consuming to identify relevant incidents and download video. MCDOT projects that enhancing the existing surveillance system to extend coverage into these areas in the Silver Spring PLD would require approximately 220 additional cameras to include coverage of every stairwell landing and elevator lobby, 92 deck cameras and upgrading the existing 150 cameras that are at or beyond their useful life.