Elbert County officials address resident concerns about traffic‑assessment cameras
Public Works director says camera boxes found on county roads were traffic‑assessment devices; vendor representatives said the systems collect counts and speeds, not facial recognition, and the county will adopt a notification policy. Residents had raised privacy concerns.
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Elbert County Public Works Director Monnie Hankins told the Board of County Commissioners that residents reported unfamiliar camera boxes on roads in the county’s northwest corner and that county staff learned the devices were traffic‑assessment cameras deployed as part of development traffic studies.
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