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io <br /> City Council Meeting - SubmitSubmitted On: <br /> your written public comment Sep 5, 2023, 11:46AM PD <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> ull Name First Name: Jyllian <br /> Last Name: Kemsley <br /> mail (this entry is disclosable jyllian.kemsley@gmail.com <br /> F included) <br /> :ity Council Meeting Date September 05, 2023 <br /> â–ºgenda Item Number 7. Provide policy direction for the police use of situational awarene <br /> cameras <br /> :omments I have several questions about the proposed use of situational <br /> cameras related to how their benefit would balance against privacy <br /> concerns: <br /> 1. Are city staff calling them situational cameras because they thin <br /> people will react poorly to the more common term, surveillance <br /> cameras? <br /> 2. Have the statistics that show an increase in certain crimes beer <br /> published? How big an increase do the numbers show? How does <br /> the increase compare to historical fluctuations? <br /> 3. Has the analysis that says additional resources are needed bee <br /> published? <br /> 4. The examples in the city council agenda report of camera benef <br /> all describe responding to or solving crime. Is there any evidence <br /> that they prevent crime, i.e. that they lead to a long-term reductior <br /> in crime? <br /> 5. Vlbuld monitoring camera data for real-time police response <br /> require additional personnel? Vlbuld that mean taking patrol officer <br /> off the streets? <br /> 6. How would data security be ensured? <br /> 7. What alternatives to cameras would also address the goals of <br /> installing cameras? <br /> 8. Does the ORT grant fund camera monitoring, operation, <br /> maintenance, and data security in addition to installation? What wil <br /> be the ongoing cost to the city after the grant period ends? <br /> Last but not least, although the city council agenda report mention <br /> following guidance from the ACLU and EFF, the ACLU says overall: <br /> "The ACLU does not oppose placing cameras at specific, high-profi <br /> public places that are potential terrorist targets, such as the U.S. <br /> Capitol. But the impulse to blanket our public spaces and streets <br /> with video surveillance is a bad idea." From <br /> https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology/surveillance- <br /> technologies/video-s urveiIla nce <br /> Anrl tho CCC- <br />