Council presses police on FOIA workload and traffic-camera permitting

May 19, 2025

Council members asked the police chief about an uptick in FOIA workload and the status of traffic-camera permits; the chief said FOIA demand "ebbs and flows" and that two camera permits remain pending county approval while seven deployable cameras are available.

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A council member pointed to a trend line in the police report and asked whether the department was concerned about increased time spent processing FOIA requests. Chief Campworth responded that FOIA volume "ebbs and flows" and that recent requests had been "high intense, very, work intensive" for records staff but that he did not currently foresee personnel shortfalls.

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