A last-minute amendment may slow the passage of a new ordinance in San Diego aimed at restricting the use of surveillance tools like so-called “smart streetlights,” street lights equipped with surveillance cameras.
"It provides oversight and the checks and balances for all types of surveillance technology that the city may purchase," Montgomery Steppe said.
Chief of Police David Nisleit, on the other hand, claims the ordinance could create a conflict between SDPD and federal law enforcement partners. Nisleit's department has 16 non-disclosure agreements with federal task forces that prevent police from talking about the cases they’re working on. “You’ve put me in a position, you’ve put my task force officers in a position where … if we do something over here we’re in violation of the privacy ordinance, and if we do something over here we’re in violation of federal law. I don’t want to violate either,” Nisleit told the city council.
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