Item 92 - License Plate Readers
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:57 pm
Colleagues;
Thank you, Council Member Kelly for your leadership on and willingness to discuss edits to Item 92 to acquire license plate readers.
As this is a new funding request being made so close to the budget process, as discussed, I am asking that we consider voting on this as part of the forthcoming budget deliberations.
I am supportive of purchasing license plate readers as a budget item, provided we can also incorporate and utilize best practices to protect residents' privacy and protect against unintended bias or profiling. Some of these are already reflected in your proposal. Additional privacy protections can be found in model policies used in other cities, such as those attached here:
Model 1
(https://flocksafety.showpad.com/share/Y ... KpsoMjSQU4) ,
Model 2
(https://cms9files.revize.com/sanmarinoc ... 103119.pdf)
Model 3
(https://flocksafety.showpad.com/share/W ... ptar5ueOVK).
Further, any vendor the readers are purchased from should provide transparency, in partnership with APD, into what the system is set up to detect, the police department’s policy on its use, number of cameras, number of vehicles detected, data shared with other law enforcement agencies and how many searches officers have conducted using the system. Linked here is an example of a customizable "transparency portal": https://transparency.flocksafety.com/vallejo-ca-pd.
Please confirm if you are amenable to taking Item 92 up in the budget process, and whether you might also consider a budget rider that asks staff to develop a comprehensive ALPR policy that incorporates community input and best practices for protecting privacy and protecting against bias.
Steve
Thank you, Council Member Kelly for your leadership on and willingness to discuss edits to Item 92 to acquire license plate readers.
As this is a new funding request being made so close to the budget process, as discussed, I am asking that we consider voting on this as part of the forthcoming budget deliberations.
I am supportive of purchasing license plate readers as a budget item, provided we can also incorporate and utilize best practices to protect residents' privacy and protect against unintended bias or profiling. Some of these are already reflected in your proposal. Additional privacy protections can be found in model policies used in other cities, such as those attached here:
Model 1
(https://flocksafety.showpad.com/share/Y ... KpsoMjSQU4) ,
Model 2
(https://cms9files.revize.com/sanmarinoc ... 103119.pdf)
Model 3
(https://flocksafety.showpad.com/share/W ... ptar5ueOVK).
Further, any vendor the readers are purchased from should provide transparency, in partnership with APD, into what the system is set up to detect, the police department’s policy on its use, number of cameras, number of vehicles detected, data shared with other law enforcement agencies and how many searches officers have conducted using the system. Linked here is an example of a customizable "transparency portal": https://transparency.flocksafety.com/vallejo-ca-pd.
Please confirm if you are amenable to taking Item 92 up in the budget process, and whether you might also consider a budget rider that asks staff to develop a comprehensive ALPR policy that incorporates community input and best practices for protecting privacy and protecting against bias.
Steve