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Council panel approves license-plate recognition equipment donation over data-sharing concerns
Summary
A city council committee approved the donation of automatic license-plate recognition equipment by a 3-1 vote after hours of public comment and questions about who will be allowed to access the data.
A Los Angeles City Council committee voted to approve two agenda items authorizing donated license-plate recognition equipment after members recorded three votes in favor, one vote against and one absence.
The vote followed questions from committee members and a technical briefing from Randy Garder of the Los Angeles Police Department information-technology unit, who said the department owns the camera data and that any external access requires a memorandum of understanding signed by the police chief. "Tenemos cámaras en la ciudad, todo ese dato es propiedad de los de la policía de Los Ángeles," Garder said. "…no podemos compartir esos datos con nadie sin el permiso expreso de un…
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