Overview

• Authorities have deferred the planned launch by several weeks to implement precise blurring functions that shield private entrances along the Anger.
• All twelve cameras are installed but remain deactivated pending technical adjustments to comply with data-protection mandates.
• The Linke parliamentary group has asked the Thuringia audit office to review the more than €700,000 expenditure, calling the project wasteful and demanding transparency.
• CDU and SPD officials maintain the surveillance will deter crime and speed investigations in one of Erfurt’s busiest public hubs, which logs over 1,000 offenses annually.
• Officials say no artificial intelligence will process footage until a legal framework is in place, and Thuringia’s data protection commissioner warned of significant privacy intrusions.