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Committee approves dash cameras for foreman trucks and authorizes purchase of replacement foreman truck using carpool surplus
Summary
The Washington County Public Works Committee approved buying dash cameras for foreman trucks at about $360 per unit per year and authorized purchasing a replacement foreman truck using surplus carpool funds; members discussed data retention, live-view concerns and insurance implications.
The Washington County Public Works Committee on March 4 approved a county proposal to equip foreman trucks with forward-facing dash cameras and authorized purchasing a replacement foreman truck with surplus funds from the county carpool account.
Staff said the camera system being considered (through the vendor Samsara) records front-facing video, stores footage in a cloud service and costs roughly $360 per unit per year. Committee members asked about retention policies, public-records obligations and whether cameras record continuously or…
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