Committee clears amended airport surveillance policy to full board; adds mobile cameras and roadway monitoring

The Rules Committee on June 9 voted to forward to the full board an amendment to the airport's pre-security surveillance technology policy that authorizes additional camera deployments in remote areas and expanded roadway monitoring.

Guy Clark, IT operations manager for the airport, said the amendment does not change the policy's core authorized use cases but adds specific allowances for mobile camera units in remote locations (for example, temporary wheeled solar-powered towers used at construction sites) and for traffic-flow surveys conducted periodically by airport landside operations. Clark said the airport also plans to add a small number of roadway cameras to support an "airport integrated operation center," a centralized operations room that will monitor flights, surface traffic and weather conditions.

"The pre-security camera policy supports the airport's mission and primary objective of safety and security," Clark told the committee. The presentation described proposed mobile camera placements such as at the Rent-A-Car Center and North Access Road, and said mobile units would be stored when not in use.

There was no public comment on the item. The committee approved a motion to move the amended surveillance technology policy to the full board with a positive recommendation; the motion passed without objection. The full board will receive the amendment for review and any further findings required under the Administrative Code.