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Urbana council continues work on surveillance oversight ordinance; definitions, oversight, and scope remain unresolved
Summary
Council resumed detailed discussion of a proposed surveillance‑technology oversight ordinance (draft 7.2), with remaining questions on definitions, whether it should cover only police or all departments, oversight roles for the CPRB and HRC, and the threshold for 'exigent circumstances.' Staff will return in January with further analysis and examples, including Placer AI.
The Urbana Committee of the Whole continued its monthslong review of a surveillance oversight ordinance (draft 7.2), focusing on several unresolved items staff and councilors said need more work before final action.
Council members and staff identified three main sticking points: 1) definitions (what constitutes "surveillance technology"), 2) scope (whether the ordinance should apply only to the police department…
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