What Happened To Monroe County Traffic Cameras

The Monroe County Lath of Commissioners approved the purchase of new traffic hardware that would capture photos of passing vehicles' license plates for the canton sheriff's department.

Co-ordinate to canton chaser Jeff Cockerill, 6 cameras would be installed at diverse busy intersections beyond the county. Some of these cameras could be placed inside Bloomington city limits, though Cockerill said he does not accept the final list of sites all the same. The cameras are able to exist moved easily to different locations.

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If a particular license plate entered into the organisation was captured, the sheriff's department would then be alerted that the vehicle was in that expanse.

The technology would be primarily used for emergency situations such every bit Bister Alerts or Silver Alerts for when children or the elderly go missing. But it could also be used in regular investigations.

"There is an opportunity that if the sheriff's department had a license plate number that was associated with ane of its cases, it could enter that into the system to determine if the vehicle was in the area recently," Cockerill said.

Cockerill said he has fielded questions well-nigh whether the information obtained from the cameras could be accessed via a public records request.

"That would not be a record that ... we continue and maintain, so those would non be," Cockerill said. "However, if information technology was used in a law enforcement event, that would be a number we had. Nosotros would have to go through where it'south at in the investigatory process in social club to determine at what point in time that could be released because there are processes and protections congenital into the public records constabulary for that."

The new hardware and installation fees volition cost $xvi,500 total, to be paid out of the sheriff's commissary fund. The lath of commissioners canonical it unanimously, iii-0.

Drive through COVID testing bachelor on Profile Parkway

In other news, a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site opened this week at 500 N Profile Parkway. The site is open 8 a.m.-four p.thou. Tuesday-Saturday. Results volition be delivered past 5 p.m. the following day. PCR testing is available, and rapid testing may be added in the coming weeks.

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Since it is a bulldoze-thru testing site, health administrator Penny Caudill warned that inclement weather condition may touch the available hours.

According to Caudill, 59.5% of the county's eligible population is fully vaccinated for COVID-19.

"Please, let's get that well over threescore%. I have been waiting for that 60% all summertime long, and it is now autumn," Caudill urged. "Then, let's get there, please."

The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim milestone recently when its death toll surpassed the 1918 Spanish influenza outbreak every bit the near devastating pandemic in American history.

"We didn't have to reach that milestone," Caudill said. "We have vaccinations. We have prevention strategies."

Caudill closed her health study by urging residents to clothing face masks in public, especially while frequenting local businesses.

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Source: https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2021/09/23/monroe-county-commissioners-discuss-traffic-cameras-covid-tests/5811534001/

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