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Lincoln council backs 30-day pilot of real-time intersection cameras amid cost and privacy questions
Summary
Council agreed to a 30-day trial of real-time cameras at the Joiner/Friaranch intersection to aid emergency response and accident reconstruction; residents and some council members raised installation, procurement and privacy questions before authorizing a nonbinding evaluation period.
The Lincoln City Council authorized staff to run a 30-day pilot of real-time information cameras at the Joiner/Friaranch intersection to test whether live video improves emergency response, accident reconstruction and shoplifting investigations. The pilot was described by staff as a no-cost trial offered by the vendor.
Michaela Noble, assistant planner with the Community Development Department, said the intersection was selected "because of the recent uptick in accidents" and staff recorded several collisions in the 30–60 days before the report. City…
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