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Council tightens public-surveillance rules, closing a commercial-data loophole
Medford City Council · December 17, 2024
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Summary
Medford voted to amend its CCOPS ordinance to require deletion of surveillance data obtained in violation of the ordinance and to forbid city purchase/use of commercially generated surveillance datasets without the public review process; sponsors said the tweaks restore the ordinance's original intent.
The City Council on Dec. 17 approved, for first reading, targeted amendments to the community-control-of-public-surveillance (CCOPS) ordinance passed in 2023. The amendments require that any video or other data recorded or…
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