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Bladensburg previews stop‑sign camera enforcement; chief says video access and 30‑day notice will protect motorists
Summary
Council reviewed Ordinance 13‑2025 to enable stop‑sign monitoring cameras; Chief Tyrone Collington and staff said the system will capture stop‑line violations, provide video to alleged violators, and include a 30‑day public‑education period before citations begin. Staff recommended NOVOA/Nova/Noble Global as the preferred vendor for rapid data access.
Town staff and the Bladensburg Police Department presented a stop‑sign monitoring program and vendor recommendation during the work session, describing how cameras will detect vehicles that encroach stop lines, produce video evidence and be paired with a public‑education effort before enforcement begins.
Chief Tyrone Collington said the program is intended to protect pedestrians and schoolchildren and to provide accurate evidence for any citation. "This program will alert our drivers to stop at our stop signs, our crosswalks," Collington said. He explained the system requires a complete stop prior to the stop line and that video clips will be provided to alleged violators so they may review and contest citations.
Mayor and council members emphasized education: staff said notices will go out 30 days before the program begins and that the town will produce demonstration videos and training to show where to stop relative to the stop line. Staff also highlighted that reviewers will see the video and wheel motion data before a citation is issued.
Chief Collington and staff said they vetted multiple vendors and prefer NOVOA/Nova/Noble Global because the company offers near‑real‑time access to video/data — a capability the town said matters for critical incidents such as hit‑and‑runs. "We own the video, we own the data," Collington said, urging the main council to approve the vendor contract.
Council members asked for clarity about situations when a driver must pull forward to see and the chief described the operational policy: the vehicle must come to a complete stop (wheels not in motion) prior to the stop line; after a full stop the system resets and allows the driver to pull forward to check for cross traffic.
The ordinance and vendor contract were discussed in detail but are at the approval stage; staff said they will return to the council for formal contract action and will coordinate a public‑education rollout before fines are issued.
