Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Yamhill council agrees to trial AI software for city cameras; police explain search and alert features
Summary
The council agreed to try a vendor's subscription that adds searchable and alerting features to existing city cameras. Staff said the 3-year offer is about $1,800; the subscription enables keyword and object searches and license-plate-style alerts but data-retention details were not finalized.
Yamhill city staff and the police chief presented a plan to trial an AI-enabled subscription that would add searchable and alerting capabilities to the city’s existing camera network.
The subscription offer, presented by Bright Side Electric and discussed by the police chief, was described in the meeting as a three-year subscription priced at roughly $1,800 total (about $600 per year). The vendor offered the city a trial period at the discounted bundled price for the initial term while staff completes IT and firewall setup.
What the software would do: According to the police chief’s presentation, the software does not change the cameras’ recording hardware; instead it provides search and alert tools that…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
