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Amazon unveils Prime Air drone delivery service in Hazel Park DRONES WILL SERVICE COMMUNITIES WITHIN AN 8MILE RADIUS BY MIKE KOURY AND ANDY KOZLOWSKI mkoury@candgnews.com, akozlowski@candgnews.com
OAKLAND COUNTY — Amazon will soon begin offering deliveries by drone, flying packages straight to the homes of customers who live within an 8-mile radius of the company’s Hazel Park distribution center at the corner of 10 Mile and Dequindre roads. The shipping option, dubbed Prime Air, will only be available for certain goods. It is being marketed as a convenient way to get last-minute items without a trip to the store. But some are concerned about the safety of flying packages over traffic and homes, the noise it might create and whether it violates the privacy of homeowners.
During an event at the Hazel Park Community Center Nov. 20, Kyle Degiulio, manager of economic development policy at Amazon, explains the delivery process for the MK30 drone that will deliver packages as part of Amazon’s new Prime Air program.
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Ferndale weighs new ALPR camera providers ahead of meeting, vote FERNDALE — A decision on a new automated license plate reader system will be postponed until Ferndale has held a community meeting on the topic. At its Nov. 24 meeting, the Ferndale City Council discussed a potential company to take over as the new partner for the Police Department’s ALPR cameras.
Ferndale and its Police Department previously partnered with Flock Safety for its ALPR program, but they decided to end the relationship after policy changes on the company’s end allowed federal agencies to access their information and outcry from the local community. At the meeting, Police Chief Dennis Emmi highlighted why the use of ALPR had been successful for the department and helped solve crimes. The Ferndale Police Department has been operating without ALPR technology since Nov. 13.
“Understanding the importance of this technology and the potential delays associated with the approval process — as well as installation — we needed to move quickly to minimize the impact on our ability to solve crime,” he said. The department looked at four companies to become its next ALPR provider: Axon, Genetec, Motorola and Rekor. Axon currently provides Ferndale police with technology such as body-worn and in-car cameras and was the company See CAMERAS on page 11A
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