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Manitowoc committees recommend five‑year sheriff body‑camera program with AI; cost and savings questions remain
Summary
Finance and Public Safety committees unanimously recommended adding a five‑year body‑worn camera and AI transcription program for the sheriff to the county budget; officials cited a multiyear cost estimate and said concrete savings were not provided.
Supervisor Hanson, a member of the Finance Committee, told the County Board on July 15 that joint Finance and Public Safety meetings produced a unanimous committee recommendation to include a five‑year body‑worn camera program with an AI transcription component in the county budget. “We’re talking about $1.5 million for the program over the five years, I believe,” Hanson said, and he urged supervisors to review packet materials and ask questions of the sheriff and the county executive.
The program presented by Sheriff Hartwick would buy cameras and a suite of services, including an AI tool to generate draft reports from recordings. Hanson said committee…
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