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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 5 - Public Presentation - Relaford Chula Vista ALPR Community Member #3 San Diego-Showing Up for Racial Justice Nancy Relaford 17 year Chula Vista residentCommitteeDirector, American Friends Service Pedro Rios Submitted on behalf of:April 20, 2021 Surveillance Moratorium Shifting Timelines)April 20, 2021the ALPR program and related data sharing was not in violation of SB54…” (CVPD Staff Report/Agenda Statement, The City Attorney’s office concluded that compliance with SB54, the Police Department consulted with the City Attorney’s office.To ensure that the ALPR program was in Act, and how it relates to solving and preventing crime in the interest of community safety. lues Vaother agencies, the Department’s perspective was focused on ensuring legal compliance, specifically with SB54, the California, and sharing of data with As part of the process of subscribing to the LEARN database \[2017\]“No wait, it was 2017, maybe?:)March 23, 2021.” (CVPD Staff Reportthat data sharing was compliant with SB54Enforcement (ICE) and the United States Border Patrol (USBP). Meanwhile, the Department sought legal guidance to ensure Included on the list were Immigration and Customs Vigilant LEARN agencies the Department both shared and received data from. f Enforcement Archival Reporting Network (LEARN). ...The Department researched its Vigilant ALPR system and provided the list o“The ACLU submitted a Public Records Act Request (PRA), regarding the Department’s subscription to Vigilant’s Law April 9, 2020:Now they say they knew and sought legal guidance in April 2020:(Voice of San Diego, “Chula Vista Police Chief Says She Didn’t Know Department Shared Data With Feds”)Border Patrol on there.’” ‘I didn’t even realize that there was ICE and Kennedy said during a meeting with the Community Advisory Committee on Jan. 14. ,’ elfProtection were part of the more than 800 law enforcement agencies that were given access to Chula Vista’s data. ‘I blame mysThe police chief said she just recently learned that Immigration and Customs Enforcement or Customs and Border January 20, 2021: “T article reveals that CVPD is sharing ALPR data with ICE and CBP-December 6, 2020: San Diego U What is ALPR?of people whose license plate data is collected and stored have not even been accused of a crime.in spite of the fact that the vast majority —even predicting future onesdetermining past patterns of behavior and possibly s, times and locations and tracing past movements, police can use stored data to paint a very specific portrait of drivers’ live. By plotting vehicle ALPR data is gathered indiscriminately, collecting information on millions of ordinary peoplethat may be associated with each other.determine whether a vehicle was at the scene of a crime, to identify travel patterns, and even to discover vehicles find out where a plate has been in the past, to that the information collected can be used by police to Vendors say, is then uploaded to a central server.photographs of the vehicle and sometimes its driver and passengers which includescapture all license plate numbers that come view, along with the location, date, and time. The data, on street poles, streetlights, highway overpasses, mobile trailers, or attached to police squad cars. ALPRs automatically controlled camera systems that are typically mounted -speed, computer-Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) are high What is ALPR?alpr-readers-plate-license-https://www.eff.org/pages/automatedsocial views of the driver.indicates that the photographs may even include bumper stickers, which could reveal information on the political or assessment report2009 privacy impact A of a vehicle. people getting in and outand even —its immediate surroundings , as well aspassengersdrivers and , the vehicle’s the vehicleof imagesthe photographs can reveal In addition to capturing license plate data, individual names with their license plate numbers.use other databases to connect The data generally does not include the driver’s name. However, law enforcement officers canpredict where a driver may be in the future. The data also reveal all visitors to a particular location.With algorithms applied to the data, the systems can reveal regular travel patterns and data can reveal a vehicle’s historical travel. In aggregate over time, the When combined, ALPR data can reveal the direction and speed a person traveled through triangulation. million data points each month.-brags that its dataset includes more than 6.5 billion scans and grows at a rate of 120One vendor They can collect thousands of plates per minute.Some systems are able to capture make and model of the vehicle. license plate numbers and location data along with the exact date and time the license plate was encountered.ALPRs collect “Just a picture of the license plate...” Ask CVPD: How is ALPR being used in Chula Vista?Hits with a crime or alertassociatednotOver 99% yearOur data & images stored for 1 Detections ALPR camera detection“Hits” = vehicles on “Hot List” at time of 0.0536% hit rate235Hits 438,531 / Total detections 20200.0369% hit rate 55Hits 149,018 / Total detections 20190.0298% hit rate156Hits 523,581 / Total detections 2018 Oversight of CVPD issue?Why is CVPD still calling the shots and setting the agenda on this community ● decisions on behalf of the communityCity Council should demand full facts & understanding to make informed ● sharing-even the Chief claimed she wasn’t informed of ICE & CBP data-CVPD staff are making decisions that need higher authority and scrutiny ● pick and misrepresent information to justify its -CVPD continues to cherry● effective oversight of CVPD and police surveillance programssharing scandal clearly demonstrates the need for -The CVPD ALPR data● who makes decisions for the City?- 7 what strings are attached?)-DHS in coordination with CBP NO Vigilant renewal, NO new cameras (they were funded by a grant from 8.There are still SB 34 violations!CVPD presentation and report. The ALPR policy should be posted here. The “transparency” page was blank until after April 7, and now only has the 7.And a MORATORIUM until the review is done.6.This is either utterly ignorant of the concerns or a cruel joke. Do better.-NO 5.Not clear what this means but yes to forums and information before decisions.4.quarterly “updates” to HRC with what expectation or content?-NO 3.CVPD, not a handpicked group.need privacy oversight body -NO 2.centers, other agencies, individual officers, abuse & misuse.CVPD cannot guarantee stored data won’t be shared with Feds via CA fusion 1.point response - What they say...But… the fear is from knowing that CVPD secretly shared our data with ICE & CBP for 3 years!“opinions and misinformation” are “spreading fear in our undocumented community”-They say But… 99% of stored images are not associated with any crime or investigationALPR keeps our community safe-They say But…you can search for all cars by location, track a vehicle’s movements over time, and moreyou can only search with a license plate number-They say But… ALPR photos capture a larger area, often including people in and around the vehicleit’s just a picture of your license plate-They say Chula Vista Must Stop its ALPR Program COMMUNITY VOICES CONTRIBUTOR By PEDRO RIOS Tribune-San Diego Union program.”who live or pass through the city by not ending its poorly regulated ALPR ALPR technology. More importantly, it risks undermining the civil liberties of all county of San Diego, it risks undermining that recognition by continuing to use Certified Welcoming City for immigrant inclusion. As the second largest city in the “Chula Vista has the important distinction in California to be designated as the first “ Chula Vista needs your leadership!The community does NOT want mass surveillance that harms our most vulnerable members and puts impacts, funding sources, and a plan for effective oversight going forwardRequire a serious review of the ALPR Program with documentation of past use and performance, privacy don’t rely entirely on CVPD reports and presentations-Inform yourselves independently Hold listening sessions in your districts before any decisionsPLEASE... PRESS PAUSE!not rubber stamps.-Hard questions about privacy and surveillance need serious attention The issue of surveillance technology is not going away.