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Somerset considers cameras at pool, tennis courts and town hall; draft policy draws criticism
Summary
A vendor presentation showed options for locally recorded cameras (retention typically 30 days), password-controlled access and optional analytics; council asked committees to review a draft Friendship Heights policy and flagged privacy and accountability concerns.
Council members reviewed a public-safety memorandum and heard from a security contractor about installing cameras at the pool, tennis courts and town hall.
The contractor, Sam, said systems can be configured to record locally (not cloud-hosted) and retain footage typically for 30 days, with password-based access control and optional analytics that can be turned off. “The recorder is hosted locally by you. It's not posted in the…
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