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New Jersey City public‑safety director highlights 911 fixes, says AI will be limited to non‑facial recognition uses

Jersey City Municipal Council (Caucus) · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Director Ambrose described early reorganization moves, new accountability and data‑collection practices in the city's public safety operations and said any AI the department explores would be limited to administrative uses (intake/communications) and not for 911 or facial recognition.

Director Greg Ambrose told the city council caucus that in his first weeks he restructured public‑safety operations to create clearer command responsibility for communications and to begin data collection to support accountability. He said one early change was assigning a deputy chief to communications and establishing an hourly reporting cadence on call volume, dispatch status and resource…

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