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Residents press council for transparency on license‑plate readers; council moves $24,000 into draft budget for policy review
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the Auburn City Council to halt or subject automatic license‑plate readers to public review and a use policy; the council voted to move $24,000 for the program onto the FY27 draft budget so the full policy and operational questions can be discussed at a later workshop.
AUBURN — Several residents told the Auburn City Council on March 2 they were unaware their movements had been subject to license‑plate reading cameras and urged the council to delay funding until public hearings, a clear use policy and transparency about data sharing were in place.
State Representative and Auburn resident Laurel Libby told the council the cameras installed by the police department have logged large volumes of vehicle data and described the installation as “mass surveillance.” She asked the council not to simply fold the camera operation’s cost into the FY27 budget: “If Auburn is going to operate a mass surveillance system,…
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