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ACLU Warns of Surveillance Network Bias Against Minorities York, Pa., officials are looking to implement a video surveillance network to help bring down crime rates, but critics argue the technology would negatively impact minority communities. Logan Hullinger, The York Dispatch | March 5, 2021 | News
(TNS) A city-wide surveillance network pitched by York, Pa., City officials would be a tool used by police to disproportionately target Black and brown communities, said a spokesperson for the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
But Lancaster s city-wide video surveillance network, run by the Lancaster Safety Coalition, on which York City officials are considering basing the local system, is a valuable and effective tool in knocking down crime rates, says a 2015 study.
ACLU: Surveillance network would target York City s minorities
York Dispatch
A city-wide surveillance network pitched by York City officials would be a tool used by police to disproportionately target Black and brown communities, said a spokesperson for the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
But Lancaster s city-wide video surveillance network, run by the Lancaster Safety Coalition, on which York City officials are considering basing the local system, is a valuable and effective tool in knocking down crime rates, says a 2015 study.
On Monday, York City Police Commissioner Michael Muldrow announced his desire for a system much like one that s been in place in Lancaster City, which touts more than 150 cameras. Like Lancaster s, York City s surveillance would be run by a private, not-for-profit coalition.
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