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Milwaukee to pilot camera-based roadway monitoring after foundation gift; city attorney flags potential liability questions
Summary
The committee approved a pilot to test two vehicle-mounted RouteReports camera systems funded by the Daniel Hone Foundation; city attorneys and DPW outlined policy triggers intended to limit legal exposure but warned courts may treat camera detections as notice, creating unsettled liability questions.
The Milwaukee Public Works Committee on Feb. 19 approved a resolution to accept a donation from the Daniel Hone Foundation to fund a pilot of RouteReports vehicle-mounted image-processing cameras and software that flag pavement defects.
City officials told the committee the package includes two high-resolution dash cameras, cloud-based image processing and a software suite that will present flagged defects to DPW supervisors. Kevin Muse, city engineer, said the pilot will deploy cameras in supervisor…
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