Once installed, the city would become the largest in the country to use cameras and license plate readers as part of a single network
The San Diego City Council approved the Police Department’s smart streetlights proposal on Tuesday, which all but ensures the controversial network’s future deployment.— 500 of them, all equipped with automated license plate reader technology — in March. Once installed, the city would become the largest in the country to use cameras and plate readers as part of a single network, San Diego police officials have said.
“The San Diego Police Department has put a great amount of time and effort into ensuring the City Council had the information they needed to put victims first today by approving our use of Smart Streetlights and ALPR technology,” Police Chief David Nisleit said in a statement. “SDPD will be working quickly to draft a contract and bring it back for Council approval as soon as possible so that we can put this technology to work solving crimes.
Those in favor of the network praised its potential to help solve crimes and included people whose family members had been victims of violence. Some critics urged the council to follow the recommendation of the Privacy Advisory Board — a volunteer group charged with evaluating the city’s surveillance technologies — whichOn Tuesday, Elo-Rivera echoed those concerns, calling the council’s decision to move forward with the project, despite the privacy board’s decision to vote against the project, “a bad look.”
“Until we get better at hearing what folks need in order to feel safe, and not assuming that we know what should make them feel safe, we’re never going to get to where we should be as a community in terms of safety,” he said. The resulting outcry — based on concerns about privacy and equity — led San Diego to shut down the network and fueled the creation of a surveillance ordinance that governs the use of smart streetlights and similar technologies.
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