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Greenville City pilots 'City Detect' AI cameras on sanitation trucks to flag code violations
Summary
Greenville City presented a pilot of City Detect, an AI‑assisted camera system mounted on waste collection vehicles that flags potential code violations and illegal dumping; staff said the system is in testing and will require human review before enforcement.
Greenville City is testing an artificial‑intelligence program called City Detect that uses cameras mounted on city waste‑collection vehicles to capture images of properties and flag potential code violations, Buddy, Director of Building and Codes and Chief Building Official, told the City Council at a work session.
"It's called City Detect. And what it does is it uses artificial intelligence to identify code violations in pictures," Buddy said. The department mounts cameras on trucks that run all city routes; images are processed by the AI and then presented on an interactive GIS map that highlights street segments and individual parcels with possible violations.
Buddy said staff set the AI parameters to…
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