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Residents and commissioners spar over sheriff camera purchase and concerns about AI data centers
Summary
Public commenters urged oversight of proposed sheriff camera equipment and called for stricter local controls on AI data center siting; Commissioner Flannery defended Sheriff Seitz and the commission pulled agenda item 3.06 for further review.
Public commenters on April meeting day told the Franklin County Board of Commissioners they feared the sheriff's proposed camera equipment could be misused and expressed broader concerns about AI data centers and zoning.
Herb Dalloway, who identified himself as from Borough Chambersburg, thanked the commission for pulling agenda item 3.06 and said he worried about the sheriff's relationship with federal immigration enforcement. "I do not trust our sheriff's department," he said,…
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