Reply #3: that's a observation tower, as you guessed [View All]

[don954]

it normally has a radio link and they can control the cameras from remote. They put it there most likely as that is a spot that has lots of traffic accidents. If its one of the big white ones that a person can get in, then it also for adding "presence" to the area in an effort to reduce local crime. Note, the white ones actually don't have a remote link setup on them, they are phyc only, sometimes they put an officer in them during events. They tend to drop the white ones where hookers and drug dealers hang out. If its an orange one, it belongs to the DOT and its for traffic only. I used to work for them, i setup the situational radio links for the officers and task forces.