The department wants to add cameras equipped with license plate readers to 500 streetlights across the city; although the privacy advisory board rejected the proposal, the City Council could still approve it
The San Diego Police Department wants to spend millions of dollars to outfit a network of streetlights with sophisticated cameras.
The Police Department’s streetlight proposal was the first to be reviewed by the board, and the undertaking highlighted challenges that may plague the evaluation of future technologies.Before voting on whether to support the technology, the board highlighted several pressing concerns. Police officials said they haven’t provided information about a vendor because one hasn’t been selected. Acting Capt. Charles Lara told the board during its meeting that, based on the department’s understanding of the ordinance, police need City Council approval of the technology before a company can be chosen.
One recommendation suggested the department include additional information in its policy about how the system will be evaluated to determine whether it is meeting its objectives. Another recommended the department place more stringent limits on how other law enforcement agencies access data collected by San Diego’s system.
Department officials have said they believe the documentation they have provided, including its proposed policies, complies with the city’s surveillance ordinance. “The goal for this technology is to enforce more safety, but I feel it will do the complete opposite by targeting innocent people,” said 16-year-old Sumaya Abdullahi. “My community is already targeted and watched enough, and this will make it worse.”
In the past, police and city officials have praised smart streetlights for their effectiveness, and cited their positive impact on police work as the reason for pursuing their installation. Smart streetlights installed in San Ysidro helped investigators zero in on a suspected gunman in the Nov. 6, 2019 shootings of three Church’s Chicken workers, one of whom was killed.
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