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Council member seeks citizen oversight of ALPR and surveillance; request fails to gain support

5410417 · July 16, 2025
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Council member Pryforce asked the City Council to create a citizen oversight committee for automated license-plate readers and to task the police with a policy review; both requests failed to gain support on Tuesday.

Council member Pryforce urged the council to create a citizen oversight committee on surveillance technology focused on automated license-plate readers (ALPR) and related camera networks and asked Emeryville Police Department leadership to present a policy review. Pryforce argued the city should adopt stronger civilian oversight, audit logs and explicit prohibitions on data-sharing with federal…

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