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Committee recommends MDOT resolution to permit license-plate-reader cameras
Summary
Sheriff Erik Smith presented a Michigan Department of Transportation performance resolution authorizing permitting for Flock Safety license-plate-reader cameras; the committee recommended approval to pursue permitting and potential Department of Homeland Security funding.
Sheriff Erik Smith presented a Michigan Department of Transportation performance resolution to allow the permitting process for installation of Flock Safety license-plate-reader (LPR) cameras across Alpena County. He said the cameras would be placed strategically at intersections and major highways to assist with traffic monitoring and criminal investigations and that funding would come through the Department of Homeland Security.
The committee voted to recommend approval of the MDOT performance resolution so the permitting process can move forward. The resolution was described as a necessary administrative step; if funding is secured, a later discussion and formal approval of camera deployment and contracts will follow.
The committee did not record a roll-call vote tally in the minutes; the motion was noted as carried. Undersheriff Cash Kroll was identified in the minutes as associated with the presentation, with Sheriff Smith delivering it on Kroll’s behalf.
