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Committee advances York SafeNet camera network to Oct. 7 agenda despite public concern over AI and facial recognition
Summary
York SafeNet's nonprofit-backed proposal and Logos Works presentation moved forward to the Oct. 7 legislative agenda. Supporters cited examples of reduced violent incidents after camera deployment; public commenters pressed for strict limits on artificial intelligence and facial-recognition use and independent oversight.
The committee voted to place a resolution supporting advancement of the York SafeNet public camera network—an effort organized by a newly formed 501(c)(3) called York SafeNet—on the Oct. 7 legislative agenda. The resolution received one recorded opposition during the committee vote.
Eric Menzer, chair of the York SafeNet board, told the committee the project is being brought by the nonprofit organization (York SafeNet) and not by a private contractor, although Logos Works is the project’s vendor and organizing consultant. Menzer described a governance structure for the nonprofit and said the board membership and draft…
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