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Council clarifies use of traffic-detection cameras and approves side-scan sonar purchase under port security grant
Summary
Councilmembers asked whether new traffic detection cameras record license plates and discussed a towable side-scan sonar funded by a port security grant; staff said cameras are for traffic detection not ALPR and the sonar is a grant-supported upgrade with a 25% local match
At the Mobile City Council pre-meeting in June, councilmembers asked for clarifications about traffic-detection cameras and a marine side-scan sonar the city is purchasing with a port security grant.
A councilmember asked whether the planned traffic-detection cameras on Dauphin Street would capture license-plate images; staff responded, “Correct” to the question that they are not license-plate cameras and later affirmed, “This is traffic detection.” The council had on the agenda a purchase order to Acadis for traffic detection cameras, sensors and supporting network hardware for…
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