Public Safety Committee
July 22, 2025
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Jestin D. Johnson FROM: Floyd Mitchell
City Administrator Chief of Police
SUBJECT: Oakland Police Department’s Data
Sharing Policy For Automated License
Plate Readers
DATE: July 17, 2025
City Administrator Approval Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That City Council Receive Informational Report On The Oakland Police Department’s Data Sharing Policy For Automated License Plate Readers Including All Policies Related To Sharing Information With Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Councilmember Charlene Wang requested a report on the Oakland Police Department’s Automated License Plate Readers’ (ALPR) data sharing policy. This item was scheduled on July 17, 2025, at the Rules Committee meeting for the July 22, 2025, Public Safety Committee meeting.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
There are four attachments included in response to this request: Attachment A) OPD’s official ALPR policy; Attachment B) ALPR annual report which was presented on May 1 at the Privacy Advisory Commission (PAC) meeting; Attachment C) Policy 415; and Attachment D) OPD’s media statement regarding an article released July 14, 2025, by the San Francisco Standard initially stating, "Oakland cops gave ICE license plate data”. The San Francisco Standard later changed their title to "Oakland Police fulfilled a request related to an ICE investigation on one occasion." As stated in the media release, no member of the Oakland Police Department was involved in this alleged sharing of ALPR information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
These documents will elucidate what OPD’s data sharing policy is per this request.
Jestin Johnson (Jul 18, 2025 07:46 PDT)
Jul 18, 2025
Jestin D. Johnson, City Administrator
Subject: Oakland Police Department’s Data Sharing Policy For Automated License Plate Readers
Date: July 17, 2025 Page 2
Public Safety Committee
July 22, 2025
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That City Council Receive Informational Report On The Oakland Police Department’s Data Sharing Policy For Automated License Plate Readers Including All Policies Related To Sharing Information With Immigration And Customs Enforcement (ICE)
For questions regarding this report, please contact Acting Lt. Gabriel Urquiza-Leibin, at GUrquiza- [email protected].
Reviewed by:
A/Lt. Gabriel Urquiza-Leibin
OPD, CGIC/Real-Time Operations Center
Prepared by:
Dr. Tracey Jones
Police Services Manager I
OPD, Research and Planning
Attachments (4):
A. ALPR Policy
B. ALPR 2024 Annual Report
C. OPD Policy 415
D. OPD Media Statement re: San Francisco Standard article