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  • How will Atlanta's new surveillance rules affect drivers in Buckhead?

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Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

• Atlanta mayor to introduce citywide surveillance rules after audit flags 79 APD Flock camera searches (atlantanewsfirst.com) — Buckhead Atlanta residents could soon see new citywide rules governing police surveillance cameras and license plate readers, as Mayor Andre Dickens prepares to introduce an oversight ordinance to City Council. The proposal would turn APD's internal safeguards into binding law, set a detailed regulatory framework, and follows an audit that flagged a small fraction of Flock camera searches for further review.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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