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CityCouncil | 2020-01-07 | 11 | (20-022) Councilmember Daysog moved approval of allowing three more minutes. Councilmember Oddie seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 5. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated there have been an increase in anti-Semitic incidents; noted another attack at a Kosher grocery in New York; the City should not pretend an attack will not occur; stated the Police Department is concerned with crimes greater than package thefts. Councilmember Vella expressed concern for giving people a false sense of security; expressed support for receiving data specific to crime prevention; stated China is using facial recognition technology and more biometric forms of identification are being produced; ALPRs can be a substantial tool in solving crimes; expressed support for seeing the trade-off; stated this is a time of increased anti-Semitic attacks; discussed customs detainment after Iranian attacks; expressed concern about data sharing and the vendors' discussion of photos captured by the ALPR technology; outlined potential racial profiling examples; expressed concern for a blanket law enforcement exemption; stated ALPRs are a tool that have the potential to be abused. Councilmember Daysog stated the City needs to have fixed ALPRs; expressed support for having a discussion; stated the City has previously demonstrated its ability to move forward with ALPRs; the ability should be used as a basis for moving forward; the community is interested in having ALPRs. Councilmember Oddie stated that he supported mobile ALPRs; there is a difference between mobile and fixed ALPRs; the difference is in capturing every single vehicle that comes on and off the Island; ALPRs help solve crimes; discussed the Oikos shooter incident; stated that he does not see how ALPRs prevent crimes; outlined potential acceptable uses for ALPRs; stated a tremendous amount of data is needed to solve complex crimes; a year and a half worth of data must be kept in order for ALPRs to be a useful tool; expressed concern about the ability to scan for specific drivers and car models based on callers identifications, which could cause a risk of racial profiling. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft discussed an incident at a mosque in New York involving Police with mobile ALPRs; stated only 6 months of data storage is permitted; mobile ALPRs have stopped child abductors; expressed support for moving forward. Vice Mayor Knox White moved approval of the referral with additions: requesting any information about photo [face] capture; clarification that photo [face] capture would not be part of ALPRs; clarification of the data privacy policy; how the ALPR policy links to align with the data protection policy in place; discussion about the public safety exemption and how it would apply to the data collected here. Vice Mayor Knox White clarified the motion is approval of the referral as written, with the Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 9 January 7, 2020 | CityCouncil/2020-01-07.pdf |