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There are over 300 of these AI-enabled cameras on our streets tracking people indiscriminately, and OPD wants even more.
Remind the Oakland Privacy Commission we are a sanctuary city and these cameras are being used to target immigrants.
There's no place place for Flock Fascism on our streets! Drop the Contract now!
Location: Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (Hearing room 1)
Date: Thursday September 4th
Time: 4:30pm
Reference: https://tinyurl.com/3b6jda86
San Francisco and Oakland police appear to have repeatedly broken state law by sharing data from automated license plate cameras with federal law enforcement, according to records obtained by The Standard.
The logs show that since installing hundreds of plate readers last year, the departments have shared data for investigations related to seven federal agencies, including the FBI. In at least one case, the Oakland Police Department fulfilled a request related to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation.
Under a decade-old state law, California police are prohibited from sharing data from automated license plate readers with out-of-state and federal agencies. Attorney General Rob Bonta affirmed that fact in a 2023 notice to police.
The cameras, made by Flock Safety, capture the license plate of every vehicle that passes them, then store the information in a database for use in police investigations.
Privacy advocates and elected officials have blasted the mishandling of the data by California law enforcement agencies. But the issue received renewed scrutiny after 404 Media reported in May that ICE was accessing information from the nationwide network of cameras manufactured by Atlanta-based Flock. Numerous Southern California agencies similarly shared Flock data with the feds, CalMatters wrote last month.
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