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Charter reviewers recommend a technology and surveillance oversight board to advise council on AI and cameras

Charter Review Commission · May 8, 2026

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Summary

Citing unreported cameras, license-plate readers and emerging facial-recognition capabilities, the commission recommended that council consider creating a technology/surveillance oversight board to improve transparency and civil-liberty safeguards; commissioners debated whether to codify the board in the charter or leave it to council policy.

A commission recommendation to establish a council-created technology and surveillance oversight board (item 203) won broad support as members raised concerns about unreported cameras, automatic license-plate readers and the use of facial-recognition or other AI-enabled surveillance tools.

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