BETHLEHEM, Pa. — City Council on Tuesday approved a one-way share agreement with the state Department of Transportation that grants Bethlehem Police Department video access to, at most, two state traffic cameras on Route 378.
The cameras, oriented to the north and south near the Hill-to-Hill Bridge, and its real-time live video and images would help city police “enable the efficient and safe operation of the Pennsylvania highway systems,” according to the resolution.
City Police Chief Michelle Kott assured officials, such as Councilwomen Colleen Laird and Rachel Leon, who both had questions about the extent of the new agreement, that it would grant her department access only to the footage and nothing more…