Don’t laugh at that dorky guy wearing Google Glass — he may be there to inspect your restaurant.
City food inspectors might don the nerdwear under a City Council proposal to wire up Health Department employees with video to record site visits.
A yearlong pilot program would require 10 percent of the 160 health inspectors to wear video devices — including, possibly, the much-maligned Google goggles — under legislation to be proposed Thursday.
“I think it would limit the abuses on both sides of the table, and it would allow for a more objective view by the judge on the violations that have been cited,” said bill sponsor Vincent Ignizio (R-SI).
The measure already has the support of 22 of the 51 council members.
A number said they signed on because of complaints about spiteful inspectors or of guilty restaurateurs fighting deserved fines.
The price tag hasn’t been determined yet, but backers would want the 16 or so cameras to run roughly $200 a pop. So if the city wanted to use Google Glass, which retail for about $1,500, they’d have to make a special deal.
Ignizio said the measure would let the health commissioner decide which technology to use.
In the same vein, Councilman James Vacca (D-Bronx) is introducing legislation that would require sanitation, parking and health agents to photograph evidence of violations that lead to fines.
“I think you need indisputable evidence,” Vacca said.