The ACLU criticized the program, which would give cameras to delivery and ride-hailing service drivers, as a dangerous expansion of government surveillance.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser on Wednesday announced a partnership with DoorDash to provide as many as 5,000 dash cameras to the city’s delivery and ride-hailing service drivers — a public-safety effort that one civil liberties group decried as a potentially dangerous expansion of government surveillance.The mayor said the program, which is voluntary, would help police solve crimes and close cases as carjackings continue to climb.
Bowser has touted the private camera program, which is also voluntary, as a success — seeking to increase reimbursements for the program as part of a broader legislative package before the council.“We’re doing this because what our partners in law enforcement tell us is that video evidence is crucial in solving crimes and closing cases, and also in deterring crime,” the mayor said Wednesday.
In both the DoorDash and private home security camera program, D.C. officials said police do not have access to live footage but they can request it from participants. D.C. police spokesman Paris Lewbel said program participants can deny police requests for footage. At that point, police could request a search warrant from a judge, as they do with cellphones or other potential crime scene evidence.
Interim D.C. police chief Ashan Benedict said Wednesday that the city has experienced an uptick in reports of ride-hailing and food delivery drivers who have been victims of carjacking or car theft. The D.C. police department, though, said it does not collect data on the number of ride-hailing or delivery drivers who have been victims of carjackings or car thefts.
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