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Saco council tables plan to add downtown surveillance cameras after privacy, policy questions
Summary
The Saco City Council delayed a decision to purchase and deploy surveillance cameras downtown, asking staff to return with a written policy, camera location map and vendor terms after residents and councilors raised privacy and data‑security concerns.
The Saco City Council on July 28 tabled a proposal to buy and place surveillance cameras on downtown traffic‑signal poles after councilors and members of the public asked for more detail on policy, data storage and vendor security. The motion to table passed 7‑0.
The cameras, presented at a prior workshop by the police and information technology departments, were described by staff as tools to assist with criminal and motor‑vehicle collision investigations. IT staff said the system would not be used for facial recognition. "They do not share the videos with third parties, but they can be requested just like any…
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