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Poulsbo residents press council on traffic camera privacy; officials say city cameras are not ALPR systems
Summary
At the Nov. 12 Poulsbo City Council meeting, residents asked the city to disclose camera vendors and privacy safeguards after reports about commercial 'Flock' camera uses; police and councilmembers responded that city traffic cameras use video reviewed after events and are not automated license‑plate reader systems.
Poulsbo — Residents urged the City Council on Nov. 12 to clarify what commercial and city traffic‑camera systems are in use and to adopt stronger limits on data sharing after reports about law‑enforcement and commercial use of some camera systems. Pam Keeley, a Lions Park resident, asked the city to audit network data, disable any national‑lookup capability and adopt an amendment prohibiting data disclosure without written city consent or a valid legal order.
The request followed local reporting that identified Flock Safety cameras at some commercial sites. "We'd also like to ask the Poulsbo Police Department to make regular audits of their network data," Keeley told…
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