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Salt Lake City council defers $224,000 ALPR subaward after heavy public opposition, approves river and shelter grants
Summary
After extensive public comment raising privacy and security concerns about automated license-plate readers (ALPRs), the council approved a $666,000 Jordan River restoration grant and a roughly $3.25 million shelter mitigation grant while voting to defer a $224,000 COPS subaward that would have funded ALPRs.
At its final formal meeting of the year, the Salt Lake City Council voted to approve two grant-funded projects and to defer a separate COPS Technology & Equipment subaward tied to automated license-plate readers (ALPRs).
The council approved the Jordan River Water Trail restoration grant for $666,000 and the Fiscal Year 2026 Homeless Shelter Cities Mitigation grant (reported in the meeting as $3,249,704), and deferred consideration of a $224,000 COPS subaward that would have funded ALPR cameras. The motion to adopt the two grants and defer the ALPR subaward was made by Councilmember Lopez Chavez and seconded by Councilmember Pui; the council recorded five votes in favor and two opposed.
Why it mattered: Dozens of residents packed public comment to urge the council to reject or pause ALPR installation, citing privacy risks, cybersecurity vulnerabilities and concerns that…
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