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DESCRIPTION:On August 9, BART dropped a multi-million new security dragnet proposal 
 with only three days notice. The Bay Area responded with 2 full hours of 
 passionate public testimony leading to the tabling of 5 components of the 
 plan, including the PSIM information platform and rumors of the possible 
 adoption of facial recognition technology, as mentioned to the press by one 
 BART director. \n\nOn September 13, part 2 gets underway. \n\nAfter an 
 unannounced and controversial installation of automated license plate 
 readers at Macarthur BART in 2016, BART agreed to adopt a surveillance 
 transparency ordinance, but after nearly two years of meetings, they had 
 not done so and took advantage by trying to rush through a huge upgrade 
 with little transparency, and no use policies or civil rights 
 assessments.\n\nAt the August 9 meeting, the tabled items were postponed to 
 a meeting in the suburbs to be scheduled at a later date. That meeting 
 never happened, so they remain on the table. But the Board has committed to 
 voting on the transparency ordinance on the 13th. \n\nThe ordinance will 
 make sure there can be no mass surveillance upgrades on 3 days notice ever 
 again, and that the community will get a say on what security measure we 
 want - and which we don't want. \n\nBut we need you there to make sure it 
 is passed and make sure it is strong and doesn't get watered down. Passing 
 these ordinances is how we keep from having to mobilize on 3 days notice 
 over and over and over again. \n\nBART is currently planning to use the 
 same platform that was proposed as the “brains” of the Domain Awareness 
 Center (PSIM). The plan calls for 2000 CCTV cameras to be converted to 
 IP-based for geospatial tagging and advanced real-time video 
 analytics.\n\nThere are plenty of common sense things BART could do with 
 $15-25 million dollars to improve security on the transit system without 
 treating every passenger like a criminal suspect.\n\nBART is a subway, not 
 a perpetual lineup. \n\nPlease come and help us create community control 
 over transit surveillance. \n\nTweet at hashtag #NODACFORBART\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/04/18817281.php
SUMMARY:No DAC for BART: BART Proposes Facial Recognition Surveillance Dragnet Part 2
LOCATION:BART Board Conference Room, 3rd floor, enter behind CVS off Thomas Berkley 
 Way\n2040 Webster St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/09/04/18817281.php
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