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Council hears pitch for non-toxic security "foggers," asks police and fire to review
Summary
A vendor demonstrated water-based security foggers to deter break-ins; council members raised life-safety and false-alarm concerns and directed the vendor to meet with police and fire for a live demonstration before any code changes.
A private security vendor demonstrated a camera-linked, water-based security "fogger" at the Blue Island City Council meeting and said the system can be remotely deployed to deter burglars while clearing within minutes. The vendor said the fog is non-toxic and "breathable" and that video verification is used to limit false deployments.
Council members pushed back on safety and code issues. The mayor and a fire-department representative (discussed during the presentation) flagged the possibility of false burglar alarms triggering full fire-department responses and…
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