Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) and Mass Surveillance

Spoke against automated license plate readers and expressed concern over proposed rules restricting public meeting participation.

Urged the city to remove all ALPR cameras and cancel contracts to protect residents from surveillance.

Spoke on behalf of Tenants and Workers United against ALPR cameras, citing risks to immigrant communities and low-income neighborhoods.

Criticized both ALPR surveillance and proposed council speech restrictions.

Expressed fear and a lack of safety regarding surveillance cameras in minority neighborhoods.

Expressed fear that ALPR data collection compromises community safety and privacy.

Noted the concentration of surveillance cameras in neighborhoods of color and asked for their removal.

Analyzed city equity data alongside ALPR reports, showing higher camera concentrations in minority and lower-income areas.

Urged the city to ban all ALPR technology rather than just switching vendors.

Voiced distrust of government surveillance and argued that cameras threaten civil liberties.

Demanded the immediate removal of all flock cameras and a comprehensive ban on ALPRs.

Criticized constant surveillance and government tracking of citizens.

Asked council to turn off and remove all city-owned flock cameras.

Differentiated between speed cameras and ALPRs while urging a ban on invasive mass surveillance tech.