From: Jp Massar
To: City_Clerk
Cc: JP Massar; Mike Katz-Lacabe
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENTS AGENDA ITEM No. 6 (12/18/23)
Date: Monday, December 18, 2023 9:48:50 AM
From: Oakland Privacy.
Oakland
Privacy
is
a
citizen's
coalition
that
works
regionally
to
defend
the
right
to
privacy,
enhance
public
transparency,
and
increase
oversight
of
law
enforcement,
particularly
regarding
the
use
of
surveillance
techniques
and
equipment.
We
write
to
you
concerning
your
surveillance
technology
expansion
proposal
on
your
12/18
consent
agenda,
Item
6. In
particular,
the
proposed
Automatic
License
Plate
Reader
(ALPR)
expansion,
and
with
respect
to
that,
the
use
policy
San
Pablo
has
adopted
for
its
ALPR
use
(https://www.sanpabloca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11559/Automated_License_Plate_Readers__ALPRs- Policy)
That
use
policy
says
(462.4)
ALPR
data
not
involved
in
an
investigation
is
to
be
"stored
for
a
minimum
of
one
year."
This
is
far
beyond
what
many
Bay
Area
municipalities
allow,
and
in
consideration
of
the
civil
liberties
implications
of
retaining
such
a
large
amount
of
data
as
you
will
be
collecting
with
your
newly-expanded
ALPR
network,
we
would
strongly
urge
you
to
alter
your
use
policy
to
a
now-broadly-accepted
30 days
MAXIMUM.
Bay
Area
cities
which
currently
implement
a
30-day
maximum
retention
period
include
Richmond
(C.f
www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/67365/Richmond-Police-Department- Policy_2023?bidId=, Policy 433, Section 433.6) Oakland (C.f. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay- area/oakland-commission-backs-use-of-automatic-license-plate-reader-system/ "The new policy would limit
data
retention...
to
30 days"),
Vallejo,
Hercules,
Benecia,
Alameda,
Fairfield,
Foster
City,
San
Mateo
and
Vallejo.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration.
JP
Massar
Mike
Katz-Lacabe
Members
of,
and
on
behalf
of,
Oakland
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