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City approves federal CCTV grant after debate over privacy and federal access
Summary
Manvel council voted 5–2 to authorize a UASI SHSP grant application for a citywide CCTV system intended for emergency management and situational awareness; the measure drew questions about federal agency access, oversight and whether to fund a local system without federal strings.
Manvel — The City Council approved, on a 5–2 vote, a federal Homeland Security grant application to install a cloud-based CCTV system citywide intended primarily for emergency management, traffic and infrastructure monitoring.
Jamie, the staff lead on the grant, told council the UASI SHSP application seeks roughly $300,000 to install cameras and a cloud-hosted system and described the technology as “not biometric, it’s not facial identification,” emphasizing that the system would search for visual attributes such as vehicle color or a license plate, and that the city would retain custody of the video. “This is a 100% funded. There’s no match for it,” Jamie said during the presentation.
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