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Council asks administration for cost–benefit review of surveillance contracts including license-plate readers
Expanded Budget, Finance and Audit Standing Committee (City of Detroit) · April 1, 2026
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Summary
Members approved closing-resolution language urging a comprehensive cost–benefit analysis of surveillance technology contracts, including license-plate readers, and asked the administration to consider redirecting funds to evidence-based public-health strategies where appropriate.
The expanded budget committee on April 1 approved closing-resolution language urging the administration and Detroit Police Department to conduct an immediate, comprehensive cost–benefit analysis of existing surveillance-technology contracts, with particular attention…
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