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Draft would pause ALPR and CCTV data collection for 60 days when data could be used in immigration or reproductive-health enforcement
Summary
A draft bill (TMP12288), sponsored by Council member Rankin, would extend a mandatory 60-day pause to Seattle Police Department ALPR data and require pauses when footage might be used in civil immigration, reproductive-health or gender-affirming-care enforcement; committee members asked staff to clarify whether the pause should trigger only on judicial warrants.
A draft Seattle City Council bill (TMP12288), discussed March 10 in Public Safety Committee, would require a mandatory 60-day pause in data collection by the Seattle Police Department’s automated license-plate recognition (ALPR) system and align ALPR with an existing 60-day pause for CCTV when data is requested for civil immigration enforcement or reproductive-health enforcement. Council member Rankin, the draft sponsor, told the committee she intends to add gender-affirming care explicitly as a protected category.
Greg Doss, council central staff, told the committee the draft mirrors protections previously placed on CCTV during expansion of the city’s surveillance programs and would expand…
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