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College Park budget adds public safety lead and proposes stop‑sign cameras in each district
Summary
Mayor and staff discussed a new budgeted public safety lead position to coordinate multiple policing agencies and a proposed stop‑sign camera program with five initial locations, one per district; city to consider council vote the next day.
Mayor Kabir and Public Services Director Jitendra Kokar highlighted a new public safety lead position included in the city budget and described a proposed stop‑sign camera pilot for College Park.
Mayor Kabir said the new budgeted position will "take care of the coordination between the different police agencies within the city, like PGPD, University of Maryland Police Department, Park Police, Transit Police" and will also oversee the city’s camera program. He thanked councilmembers and staff for approving the position at a recent meeting.
Kokar described a separate proposal to add a public safety program to monitor stop‑sign violations under a new state law that allows jurisdictions to install stop‑sign cameras. Kokar said the city plans to install cameras initially at five locations — one in each district — and that the proposal was expected to be considered by the city council the following night.
Both officials explained the stop‑sign cameras will function similarly to speed cameras and that the early plan is to rotate or site cameras to cover high‑complaint locations. Kokar said the program addresses pedestrian safety and thanked staff for their work preparing the proposal.
No formal vote on the stop‑sign camera program occurred during the public safety meeting; Kokar and Mayor Kabir said the item was on the council agenda for the next regular meeting.
