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Public speaker urges halt to Austin police license-plate reader program; commissioners debate outreach and balance of perspectives
Summary
A public speaker representing Equity Action urged the commission to halt Austin Police Department automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and raised privacy and profiling concerns. Commissioners debated whether to solicit APD input for future discussion and agreed to gather more information before acting.
At the Community Police Review Commission meeting on July 18, Savannah Lee of Equity Action urged commissioners to support agenda items that include an immediate halt to Austin Police Department’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) program and broader transparency measures.
“License plate readers don't just read license plates in real time. Many of them collect much more holistic data about vehicles that they read in general,” Savannah Lee said during public comment, arguing the technology raises profiling…
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