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Hi,
Please find attached my public comment for the October 7, 2026 Pasadena Municipal Services Committee meeting, agenda item 2. Body Worn Camera Policy.
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Yadl
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1 2. Body Worn Camera Policy
Stats on Body-worn cameras for parking enforcement staff:
Almost 100% of parking enforcement divisions housed within a police department use body cameras, following standard police operational rules.
However, non-law enforcement use remains uncommon. Only a small minority (roughly 12.5% to 20% depending on region) officially deploying body cameras for civilian City ormunicipal parking staff.
Because of their role and use, the policy and practice still leaves significant important questions about body camera footage and the legal territory regarding public records laws, data retention and privacy.
How it Pasadena's infrastructure going to be modified to address the growing demands of on public records, privacy, redactions, disclosure and trustworthy & responsible data retention practices? It is alleged that the State Legislature is going to suggest including criminal sanctions for unauthorized disclosure ofALPR data for example. Will the Council be willing to implement stringent regulation and tough penalties for violations? How can we decrease ourchances of becoming youtube content? Workers Rights and Consent This also touches on worker's rights and employee bargaining. We understand the intended desire for increased worker safety, but privacy of all parties involved matters as well.
The reality is that employee consent to workplace surveillance is rarely fully voluntaryand consent is essentially made under duress as there's no real option to opt out.
I hope we can understand the asymmetrical power dynamic between employer and worker, the economic leverage that bosses hold, the effects on worker conditions and the lack of meaningful consent and opt-in.
We must understand that surveillance can diminish employee morale, dignity, and autonomy and increase stress. I believe in treating all workers with dignity and respect and the privacy rights of all.
Pasadena Needs a Privacy OfficerAgain, the City needs to establish a simple codified mechanism to procure technology andcreate policies in which the following are addressed:
Where is the Council and community input?Where are the safety controls? The transparency? The Oversight?Where is the facial recognition ban? Where is the protection of workers?Where is the protection of our information from being used to train Al? Where are the pilots and studies? The research on efficacy?
2. Body Worn Camera Policy
Where is the auditing and reporting requirements?
Where is the transparency, the public trust and the PSA? Other Cities responsibly govern technologySan Francisco has anAI policy with human accountability, public disclosures, and guardrails.
Austin has a resolution for the ethical use ofAI, with transparency and worker protections.Seattle has an Al policy with guidelines for piloting Al programs.
Boston's CIO says; "The city reviews all technologies for alignment with Massachusetts state law, Boston's local ordinances, and our own security and privacy policies," Garces said."Boston has a surveillance technology policy that governs how the city plans, procures andevaluates the use of technologies that have an impact on privacy."The state of California had a moratorium on the use of facial recognition on body worncameras, and when it expired, it did not follow that with any legislation that essentially greenlight the use of facial recognition in the state.
Even Columbia, South Carolina tested these proposed technologies, as did Stockton with a short pilot.
Yadi
Pasadena Municipal Services Committee
October 7, 2026
2. Body Worn Camera Policy