{"id":970528,"date":"2026-07-31T04:34:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/970528\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:34:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T04:34:30","slug":"city-of-jacksonville-installing-new-traffic-cameras-to-help-keep-you-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/970528\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Jacksonville installing new traffic cameras to help keep you safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">JACKSONVILLE, Ala. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbrc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WBRC<\/a>) &#8211; New traffic cameras are going up in Jacksonville to help keep you safe and help authorities solve crimes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">The Jacksonville City Council approved $50,000 for nine new traffic cameras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey want to make the campus safer or Jacksonville a safer place, they could possibly try adding more cameras,\u201d said JSU student Malachi Horton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s the response when it comes to more traffic cameras coming to the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jacksonville Police Chief Marcus Wood said the new cameras will be installed around town. The cameras will connect to Oxford\u2019s East Metro Area Crime Center to help officers investigate traffic accidents and crimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis was something funded through the city\u2019s budget that we put into our FY26 budget. Our purchases over a certain amount the council has to approve,\u201d said Chief Wood. \u201cIf there\u2019s a pedestrian issue, it helps us to be able to track all of those things. We want to use it as a law enforcement tool to ensure that one; we have the evidence, and two; we\u2019re able to see things in real-time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to Chief Wood, the East Metro Area Crime Center in Oxford will be the eyes and ears for his officers on the street. As for students on campus, they say safety is a priority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI don\u2019t think you can ever be too safe. I would rather be overprotected in those safe things regarding safety, but I think time will be able to tell,\u201d said JSU student Zion Fitzgerald.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Chief Marcus Wood said they\u2019re working to get all of the parts and pieces within the next four to six weeks before they\u2019re able to install the cameras. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Get news alerts in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/wbrc-fox6-news\/id449660326\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple App Store<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.raycom.wbrc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Store<\/a> or subscribe to our email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbrc.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBRC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Ala. 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