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Georgetown council approves expansion of intersection cameras and license-plate readers
Summary
The Georgetown City Council voted to expand license-plate readers and add 12 fixed intersection cameras and three pan-tilt-zoom units to monitor high-crash locations and downtown event areas; police said footage is deleted after 30 days unless retained for evidence and the item was budgeted and approved under an existing contract.
Georgetown’s City Council on Sept. 22 approved a municipal order to expand the city’s license-plate-reader program and install 12 fixed intersection cameras plus three pan-tilt-zoom cameras to cover identified high-crash locations, the downtown festival footprint and a railroad crossing at Rogers Gap.
Police staff described the project as already budgeted and said it would provide live views to assist dispatch and responding units, and supply footage for collision investigations. Kristen McLeod (representing vendor/contract oversight) was on the meeting line to answer technical questions and staff said the purchase came in about $500 under budget thanks in part to an Omnia contract.
Council members asked about data retention and privacy. Police staff said the department’s retention policy currently deletes footage after 30 days unless retained for evidentiary purposes; the city will also follow the state retention schedule administered by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, staff added.
The municipal order carried on a voice vote; the police department and city staff said the cameras will be used for real-time incident awareness, collision-investigation support, and to help emergency services determine if a railroad crossing is blocked when dispatching units.
The council did not adopt additional retention limits during the meeting; policy details and evidentiary retention were described by staff as consistent with the city’s records-schedule obligations. The council’s approval was a motion by Mister Hampton and a second by Miss Mitchell and recorded as passed by voice vote.
The council packet and staff presentation noted the cameras are targeted at specific safety needs downtown and on corridors identified as high incident or high crash; funding was described as budgeted in the current fiscal year.
