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Commissioners weigh replacement of downtown parking garage camera system over safety, liability concerns
Summary
Risk Management told the commissioners the courthouse-area parking garage has blind spots, unreliable footage and limited access to recordings and recommended full replacement; IT asked for time to evaluate wired versus wireless and cost implications.
Leslie Contreras, the county risk manager, told the Brazos County Commissioners Court at a May 20 workshop that the county’s downtown parking garage presents elevated safety and liability concerns because it sits between a courthouse, probation office and city buildings and experiences steady foot and vehicle traffic, protests and transient activity. “The request we are making today centers around two critical issues and that’s security and liability,” Contreras said.
Contreras said the existing camera system is outdated and suffers blind spots, low-quality or intermittent footage, and no automated notifications when cameras fail. Risk management must manually review footage on a small monitor and, when needed, request backups from the transit district. “This system is not only outdated, it’s failing, and it will only…
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