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Public commenter says media misreported support for county cam‑bracelet pilot and cites law allowing pretrial monitoring
Summary
Ellen Pitt told the Haywood County Board of Commissioners that a recent newspaper article mischaracterized support for a cam‑bracelet monitoring project, said county officials and other partners had been consulted, and asserted pretrial monitoring via ankle monitors has been law since 2012.
During the public-comment period at the Haywood County Board of Commissioners meeting on Aug. 4, Ellen Pitt criticized a recent local newspaper article for what she described as misleading coverage of a county cam‑bracelet pilot project and urged the county to note that the initiative has broader support.
Pitt said the article portrayed Waynesville as the only jurisdiction supporting cam bracelets and said that was…
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