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Council presses for clearer technical specs, legal review and vendor details on speed‑camera plan
Summary
Council members and the police chief raised questions about motorcycle plate capture, decibel measurement, officer safety, staffing and state law; the mayor said officer presence and home‑rule protections are planned but vendor capabilities and legislative outreach must be confirmed.
After the mayor's presentation, council members sought specific answers about enforcement mechanics and legal exposure. Members asked how the system would reliably identify motorcycles doing wheelies or using plate covers, how to attribute noise when multiple vehicles pass together, and whether license‑plate readers would be installed. The mayor replied that the proposed system is not an LPR fleet and that motorcycles are harder to capture but current systems can capture bikes about 70% of the time; he also said the program would include an officer in the enforcement vehicle.
Council also raised legal and political questions: whether state law allows automated enforcement without an officer present, and how recent legislative activity (cited by name: Senator Patton) might affect implementation. The mayor said home‑rule authority will preserve municipal control for a charter city like Brooklyn but agreed to reach out to regional legislators and make the vendor and legal review part of the RFP process.
