DECEMBER 6, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE
PRESENTED BY:
ERIN SMITH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER
MICHAEL ROUSH, SPECIAL COUNSEL
DECEMBER 2019 COUNCIL ADOPTED POLICIES TO
SAFEGUARD PRIVACY RIGHTS:
• Privacy Policy
• Data Management Policy
• Policy Prohibiting the Use of Facial Recognition Technology Directed that a Surveillance Technology Ordinance be prepared ORDINANCE DEFINES “SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY” VERY BROADLY:
• Software
• Electronic device
• Any system used to collect, retain, process, or share information Example: Automatic license plate readers
CERTAIN DEVICES EXEMPTED:
• Software or hardware used throughout City Departments (e.g., computers, copy machines)
• Certain City databases (e.g., permit and license records, payroll, parking ticket devices)
• Certain police department systems (e.g., computer aided dispatch, California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System)
BEFORE ANY DEPARTMENT ACQUIRES OR USES
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT MUST:
• Submit to Council a Surveillance Technology Impact Report that:
• Describes the technology
• Its purpose
• Potential community impacts/mitigation
• Costs
REQUIRES AN ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT
THAT:
• Describes how technology was used
• Whether information from the technology was shared with other outside entities
• Summarizes community complaints
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Introduce the Ordinance