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Public commenters urge council to halt expansion of real‑time crime centers and camera networks
Summary
Several public speakers at the June 6 meeting told the City Council that planned camera networks and real‑time crime centers threaten privacy, may feed data to federal immigration authorities and disproportionately affect communities of color; speakers urged investment in community services instead of surveillance technology.
During public comment at the Los Angeles City Council meeting on June 6, several members of the public urged the council to stop or reconsider plans to expand camera networks and real‑time crime centers used for live monitoring.
A speaker identifying themselves as part of the Coalition for Community Defense said the proposed system would continuously send data to crime centers and questioned how access to that data would be controlled, asking, "How do we know ICE won't get it?" Other commenters raised similar concerns about license‑plate readers and automated data…
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