OPW Illegal Dumping
Surveillance Camera Program
Amplifying Enforcement Efforts
PUBLIC WORKS
FY2021-22 Illegal Dumping Work Orders
Completed by KOCB
• Dumping continues to be a
growing challenge
• March 2022 – OPW deploys illegal
dumping surveillance cameras
• Annual Report for MAR 2022 –
FEB 2023; Updated Use Policy
ILLEGAL DUMPING IN OAKLAND
PORTABLE OBSERVATION DEVICE (POD)
• All-in-one, portable surveillance system in tamper-
resistant, metal housing
• Four (4) cameras – one stationary; three
pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) cameras
• Includes digital video recorder, cellular router, wifi transmitter
• Uncomplicated technology – “No bells and whistles”
Not cloud-based
Onsite video storage
Easy to install
Photocell adapter to access power
• Data-driven deployment
• Strategy: Deploy cameras
using Cityworks data, cross-
referenced by Environmental
Enforcement field intel
• Most hotspots in Council
Districts 3, 5, 6, and 7
POD DEPLOYMENT
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA EFFICACY
SURVEILLANCE CAMERA EFFICACY
CCD2 CCD3 CCD5 CCD6 CCD7
Total 5 17 6 36 8
5 17
6 36
8 CITATIONS BY COUNCIL DISTRICT
March 1, 2022 - November 14, 2022
• Add Satellite PODs and License Plate
Reader (LPR) Cameras to the POD
Surveillance System
• Modify provision for sharing and
preserving video data with City
Attorney’s Office (OCA) in Section H.
Third Party Data Sharing
USE POLICY - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Satellite PODs –
• Secondary PODs
• Increase viewable angles and wider
viewable area
• Locations with multiple ingress and
egress points & long or wide areas
• Connects wirelessly to main POD
• LPR cameras deployed as Satellite
PODs
Satellite POD (with LPR Camera)
USE POLICY - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
SAMPLE SCREENSHOTS
License Plate Reader (LPR) Cameras –
• Infrared lighting & filters to enhance license
plate readability
• Captures license plate information more
accurately
• in low lighting
• from moving vehicles
USE POLICY - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
• Modify provision in Section H. Third Party Sharing:
USE POLICY - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
Data may only be shared with the following departments or non-city entities in compliance with this policy:
1) City Attorney staff handling illegal dumping investigations; 2) City Attorney staff responding to a lawful court order or public record request;
3) Administrative Hearing Officer adjudicating illegal dumping cases; 4) Oakland Police Department and/or Alameda County District Attorney for illegal dumping investigations;
• Modify provision in Section H. Third Party Sharing (cont.):
USE POLICY - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
5) Vendor, solely to perform its contractual obligations; 6) At the discretion of the OPW Director, video data and license plate information may be shared with the City Administrator’s Office and City Councilmembers.
However, prior to the release of any information to a surveillance-related data request, staff will consult with the City Attorney’s Office for review and guidance.
PROGRAM RESOURCES NEEDED
QUESTIONS
Victoria Chak
Oakland Public Works – Bureau of Environment
PUBLIC WORKS