A coalition of criminal justice and privacy advocates have called on City Council to reject the APD's request to reinstate its controversial use of automatic license plate readers.
) don't think Council should authorize APD to reinstate the program at all.
"We believe ALPRs are a mass surveillance technology because they canvass an entire area indiscriminately by gathering information about where people were at certain times," Welch said,"without a warrant, probable cause, or evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
“ALPRs are a mass surveillance technology because they canvass an entire area indiscriminately ... without a warrant, probable cause, or evidence of criminal wrongdoing.”As written, Kelly's resolution would require APD to"destroy" all of its ALPR data after 30 days , but the local coalition of ALPR opponents wants APD to adopt a much shorter retention period, if indeed the program is reinstated.
Elsewhere on the Sept. 1 agenda, Council will take a second-reading vote on the 305 S. Congress zoning case, known as the. The case is perhaps the most significant this Council has ever undertaken, given its proximity to Lady Bird Lake, inclusion of a Project Connect Blue Line station, and prominence inside the South Central Waterfront vision plan, which will itself transform Downtown.
Urban Renewal and Neighborhood Conservation Combining District plan. The NCCD has proven controversial among newer residents living in the neighborhood who fear the opening of cocktail lounges and entertainment venues near their homes. But Black Austinities who have worked for years to update the plans say allowing bars of the neighborhood variety along 12th Street is a vital piece of restoring the district to its former glory as a hub for Black culture in Austin.
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