Chula Vista, Calif., Approves License Plate Readers
The Chula Vista Police Department s license plate readers are staying for at least another year, a unanimous City Council decided Tuesday during its first in-person meeting since the onset of the pandemic.
April 22, 2021 • (TNS) The Chula Vista, Calif., Police Department s license plate readers are staying for at least another year, a unanimous City Council decided Tuesday during its first in-person meeting since the onset of the pandemic.
The council s approval greenlighted the reauthorization of the Automated License Plate Reader program for one more year. City staff was asked to investigate the feasibility of establishing an oversight group for the program.
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The Chula Vista Police Department has requested an independent review by the California Department of Justice of its automated license plate reader program and is proposing to end data sharing with all federal agencies.
Chula Vista City Council members are expected Tuesday to consider a list of changes the department wants to make ahead of a May expiration date for its annual subscription with program vendor Vigilant Solutions, which the department is seeking to renew. It is also looking to add two more plate reader systems that the council approved in July 2020, according to the city agenda report.
The license plate readers, which Chula Vista began using in 2007, allow cameras mounted onto four police vehicles to take photographs of any license plate the cars drive by. Information such as the time, date and location, but not names or addresses, are logged. CVPD has allowed hundreds of policing agencies to access the data.