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Redmond approves $94,968 grant for license-plate-reader pilot, conditions rollout on data-privacy policy
Summary
The City Council accepted a Department of Commerce grant of $94,968 to fund automated license plate readers and amended the implementation to run as a pilot that cannot start until the council approves a comprehensive data-privacy policy; both the amendment and the amended grant acceptance passed 6-0.
The Redmond City Council on Aug. 5 accepted a $94,968 Department of Commerce grant to fund automated license plate readers (LPRs) and added a binding amendment that implementation be run as a pilot and not start until the City Council adopts a comprehensive data-privacy policy.
Council vice president Forsyth moved the amendment, which she framed as a response to community concerns about privacy and the use of new technologies. "So we wanna make sure that we have that data policy set in place prior to the…
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