Heber City is going all-in on AI to help police crunch data and speed up investigations. It’s a major tech upgrade that’s going to change how your tax money is used to keep the city safe.
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Declining — being discussed less frequently. 0 mentions in the last 30 days, 1 the 60 before.
You’ll likely see a bigger chunk of the city budget going toward high-tech software licenses and ongoing digital infrastructure costs.
Local law enforcement gets a massive efficiency boost, which could mean faster response times and better case resolutions.
Privacy advocates are worried that more AI surveillance could lead to over-policing or data misuse.
“It makes me sad if this was, one, a targeted event, and two, if it was a prank. It’s not funny,” resident Lyndee Scott said. “Heber is growing, and it's getting crazier, but I never thought that we'd have to be evacuated and have the bomb squad up here.”
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