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Resident alleges ongoing health, privacy harms from phone signals and surveillance; mayor asks police chief to follow up
Summary
At the Aug. 12 meeting resident Joy Pammavong told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen she has experienced continuous ear ringing, panic attacks and privacy concerns she attributes to phone-based 'dumps' and long-range acoustic devices; the mayor asked the police chief to meet with her after the meeting.
Joy Pammavong, a Bartlett resident, told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen during the Aug. 12 public-comment period that she has experienced persistent ear ringing, panic attacks and other health effects since around June 18, 2023, and that she believes the symptoms are linked to data or "dumps" arriving on her cellphone and to long-range acoustic devices.
Pammavong said she reviewed phone-bill records and found references to code 230128 and sites she identified as "GitHub," and said she had sought medical treatment for ear damage. She described constant buzzing in her ears since the mid-June 2023 incident and said she has contacted unspecified utilities or vendors she referred to as "MLG and W," posted on city websites and sought help elsewhere but felt ignored. Pammavong told the board she feared pervasive surveillance and cameras in the neighborhood and asked for relief and, if the harm is permanent, possible compensation.
The mayor suggested Pammavong speak with the police chief after the meeting. A brief exchange on the dais recorded the mayor asking Pammavong to meet with the chief so the city can "figure out" the issue; the transcript records the chief was asked to follow up but no formal city action or investigation was announced during the meeting.
The remarks were made during the public-comment segment; the board did not take any formal action at the meeting in response to the claims. The transcript records the mayor offering to have the chief speak with Pammavong after the meeting but does not record the chief's name nor any subsequent findings or scheduling of an investigation.
Public-comment details: Pammavong gave a Bartlett address on the record and spoke up to the three-minute limit described at the start of the public-comment period. She referenced medical visits, code numbers she said she saw on phone records, GitHub as a site where she saw activity, and long-range acoustic weapons (she used the term "LRADs"). The city did not provide technical or medical findings at the meeting, and no staff presentation or timeline for follow-up was recorded.
The meeting then adjourned after the public-comment segment.
