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Committee approves $837,000 to pursue automated traffic and noise enforcement; privacy, law and calibration concerns remain
Summary
The committee approved a BAR allocating $837,000 to purchase automated traffic enforcement and evidence equipment. Police said staff will issue RFPs to identify vendors, that data retention and privacy protections will be written into contracts, and that calibration and state legislation could affect program design and timing.
Deputy Chief Ben Valdez presented a BAR for $837,000 to purchase automated traffic enforcement and evidence equipment. The Quality of Life Committee approved the BAR on a roll call vote.
Valdez said the department will begin at “ground zero” by issuing requests for proposals and will seek technology that can enforce both speed and excessive-noise violations. He said automated enforcement would be civil rather than criminal and that, over time, the city prefers non-sworn civilian…
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