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City employee raises privacy concerns over water-plant camera coverage during public comment

5747521 · March 20, 2025
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Summary

A city employee urged the council to reconsider extensive camera coverage in the water treatment plant, calling the current configuration intrusive and urging restoration of staff dignity.

During public comment at the March 17 North Chicago City Council meeting, Tim Coleman, speaking as a city employee and in good faith, criticized the scope of camera coverage inside the city’s water treatment plant and urged reconsideration of the city’s surveillance posture.

Coleman said the plant has roughly 40 security cameras and described multiple lenses aimed at corridors and small areas in the…

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