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Committee approves LAPD donation of license-plate readers and three grants amid public privacy concerns
Summary
The Public Safety Committee approved a non-monetary donation of ALPR equipment, a COPS hiring grant and a sustainment grant; public commenters warned about surveillance, data sharing with federal agencies and civil-rights impacts.
The Public Safety Committee voted to accept a non-monetary donation of automated license plate recognition (ALPR) equipment valued at $202,000 from the Los Angeles Police Foundation and to approve two related grant awards for LAPD hiring and STC sustainment, despite public comment expressing privacy and civil-rights concerns about surveillance and data sharing.
The committee approved three items taken together: item 3 (accept ALPR equipment donation), item 13 (accept COPS grant of $9,544,040 to support 20 newly hired officers for a three-year term) and item 14 (accept STC sustainment…
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