RESOLUTION NO. 2022-10-6709
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF POLICE, OR HIS/HER DESIGNEE, TO ENTER INTO LICENSE PLATE DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND/OR COUNTY, STATE, OR FEDERAL PROSECUTORS’ OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS, many law enforcement agencies are utilizing automated license plate readers (“ALPR”) as a law enforcement tool, and many agencies are sharing ALPR data with other law enforcement agencies to expand and broaden the usefulness of the ALPR as an investigatory tool; and WHEREAS, Civil Code section 1798.90.5 et seq. require all ALPR operators and end-users to adopt and abide by reasonable security procedures, practices, and privacy policies; and WHEREAS, Civil Code section 1798.90.52 requires all ALPR operators providing access to ALPR information to maintain a record of that access and require that such information only be used for authorized purposes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Civil Code, the Police Department of the City of Signal Hill (the “City”) has adopted Policy 470, “Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs),” in order to effectuate the data sharing and privacy objectives of that statute; and WHEREAS, the Chief of Police has determined that law enforcement efforts would be best served by promoting the secure and effective sharing of ALPR information by and between governmental agencies; and WHEREAS, the City’s Police Department recommends that the City Council authorize the Chief of Police, or his/her designee, to enter into one or more ALPR data sharing agreements with other law enforcement, county, state, or federal agencies, with the understanding that the data shared or obtained will be for official law enforcement purposes only and in full compliance with the City’s ALPRs Policy and the Civil Code.
NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby authorizes the Chief of Police or his/her designee to approve all ALPR data sharing agreements with local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for official law enforcement purposes.
Section 2. This Resolution is effective immediately upon adoption.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, on this 11th day of October, 2022.
KEIR JONES
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CARMEN R. BROOKS
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL )
I, CARMEN R. BROOKS, City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, California, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2022-10-6709 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Signal Hill, California, at a regular meeting held on the 11th day of October, 2022, and that the same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: MAYOR KEIR JONES, VICE MAYOR TINA L. HANSEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS ROBERT D. COPELAND, EDWARD H.J. WILSON, LORI Y. WOODS NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
CARMEN R. BROOKS
CITY CLERK
Resolution No. 2022-10-6709
October 11, 2022
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