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Cobb to spend millions installing school security cameras

By Ty Tagami
Oct 5, 2011

Cobb County Schools will spend $4.3 million to install web-based security cameras.

The low bid by contractor LMI Systems, Inc. was accepted unanimously by the school board last week. The contract calls for installing new dome cameras in elementary and high schools, and replacing older analog cameras in high schools.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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