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Missing blur on Dallas trash truck AI camera photo raises privacy questions (opens the original)
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Dallas Code Compliance said it has taken additional measures to protect privacy after NBC 5 Investigates questioned a photo from the new AI cameras mounted on city trash trucks used to detect code violations on homes. In a recent interview, the contractor that operates the cameras, City Detect, told NBC 5 Investigates that its system automatically blurs private information such as license plates and people's faces captured in the photos. "So, nobody has access to any unblurred faces or license p
Dallas says code notices aren't warnings, but a homeowner who got one says the wording feels ominous (opens the original)
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NBC 5 Investigates has obtained city records, raising new questions about Dallas's AI code enforcement cameras and whether they could disproportionately affect homeowners who may not be able to afford home repairs. The records show the city has issued its first citations to homeowners for violations that the city says AI cameras first detected and humans later confirmed. In a memo written last week addressing questions about the cameras, City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert wrote that "57 citatio
Dallas Police overtime cuts could cost taxpayers more than expected (opens the original)
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The Dallas Police Department says it overspent its overtime budget by nearly $3 million, prompting some city leaders to demand tighter controls on overtime spending. But department payroll records obtained by NBC 5 Investigates raise questions about whether cutting overtime for some of the department's highest-paid officers could worsen the city's budget challenges. Those records reveal the massive amount of overtime some officers earn. Forty officers each collected six-figure overtime checks la
Dallas trash trucks are giving homes a blight score and people are pushing back (opens the original)
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AI-powered cameras mounted on Dallas trash collection trucks have photographed and rated roughly 21,000 properties since April with a "blight score," according to city records obtained by NBC 5 Investigates, raising concerns about privacy and whether the technology could lead to more code enforcement fines in lower-income neighborhoods. The cameras detect possible code violations and assign properties what the system calls a “blight score.” At a Dallas City Council meeting Wednesday and on socia
Dallas is using AI trash truck cameras to score your home and some homeowners are angry (opens the original)
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As a national debate rages over the government's use of AI-powered cameras, NBC 5 Investigates has obtained city records showing that Dallas homes are now being "blight scored" by AI-powered cameras the city recently mounted on trash collection trucks to identify possible code violations. Through an open records request, NBC 5 Investigates obtained city records showing that Dallas began testing cameras on bulk trash collection trucks in April and ramped up their use over the summer, capturing im
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