Rules Committee backs ALPR policy changes to accept $15.3M state grant and expand vendor options
The committee advanced amendments to SFPD's automated license plate reader policy to allow multiple vendors, alternate funding sources including a $15.3 million state grant for 400 cameras, and broader data-format options; the committee voted unanimously to forward the item to the full board.
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The Rules Committee unanimously recommended Nov. 27 that the Board of Supervisors approve amendments to the SFPD's surveillance technology policy governing automated license plate readers (ALPR). The changes would permit equipment and vendors beyond those specified in the current policy and allow non-operational funding sources, enabling the city to accept a $15,300,000 state grant to procure roughly 400 ALPR cameras.
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