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(WAFB) - East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards is proposing artificial intelligence surveillance cameras and higher fines to address blight and illegal dumping across the parish.\nEdwards said a dump site off Maribel Drive was a factor in the proposal. He took to social media to call out the issue, which he described as a growing problem across the parish.\n“It’s aggravating, I get frustrated,” Edwards said.\nEdwards said the Maribel Drive site is one of several containing tires, broken furniture and household items.\n“These places are people’s neighborhoods, it’s where people live and their children play and they should never be exposed to that type of stuff,” Edwards said.\nAI cameras proposed for dump sites\nEdwards is working with the Metro Council on a state grant from the lieutenant governor’s office to install cameras at frequent dump sites.\n“We’re going to strategically place them, and I’ll place as many as I can to keep those areas nice,” Edwards said.\nHe’s also working on a $549,000 contract that would put AI cameras on five city-parish vehicles to help detect blight issues around the parish.\nBlight fines could rise\nEdwards is also pushing to raise blight fines. A first offense for tall grass and weeds could increase from $125 to $300 and rise all the way up to $1,000. A first offense for leaving debris in a yard could increase from $125 to $500 and reach up to $1,000.\n“We want it to be cheaper to get your gas and drive to a landfill than it is if you get caught doing this,” Edwards said.\nEdwards said people caught illegally dumping will be publicly identified.\n“If we catch people illegally dumping like this in neighborhoods, we’re going to get a mugshot and I’m going to put you in the newspaper and on TV,” Edwards said.\nEdwards said accountability starts at home.\n“I’m asking the community to do their part because this mayor is going to do his part. We’re going to enforce it, we’re going to catch you and we’re going to fine you heavily,” Edwards said.\nWhat’s next\nThe proposal to secure the illegal dumping cameras goes before the Metro Council Wednesday night. 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He took to social media to call out the issue, which he described as a growing problem across the parish.\n“It’s aggravating, I get frustrated,” Edwards said.\nEdwards said the Maribel Drive site is one of several containing tires, broken furniture and household items.\n“These places are people’s neighborhoods, it’s where people live and their children play and they should never be exposed to that type of stuff,” Edwards said.\nAI cameras proposed for dump sites\nEdwards is working with the Metro Council on a state grant from the lieutenant governor’s office to install cameras at frequent dump sites.\n“We’re going to strategically place them, and I’ll place as many as I can to keep those areas nice,” Edwards said.\nHe’s also working on a $549,000 contract that would put AI cameras on five city-parish vehicles to help detect blight issues around the parish.\nBlight fines could rise\nEdwards is also pushing to raise blight fines. 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