For the second time in two months, members of the Long Beach City Council questioned their police department about facial recognition software, and more questions are likely coming now that some members of a city commission have floated the idea of placing a moratorium on the technology.
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In a meeting of the council’s public safety committee Friday, LBPD Assistant Chief Wally Hebeish defended his department’s limited use of facial recognition software, calling it a valuable tool that is only used to generate leads in criminal investigations. Even then, he said, it must be supported by other evidence for detectives to take action on it.
California Police Share License Plate Data with ICE
Police in Pasadena and Long Beach broke their vows to not share data with ICE. However, the departments released vehicle license plate information to the agency. by Suhauna Hussain, Johana Bhuiyan, Los Angeles Times / December 21, 2020 Shutterstock
(TNS) When the city of Pasadena approved the police department s request to purchase three new automatic license plate readers, Commander Jason Clawson promised the city s public safety committee the department wouldn t share any data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Robust policies and procedures are in place to prevent the system and the information it gathers from being used inappropriately or differently from its intended purpose, Clawson told the City Council s public safety committee at the time.
Police in these California cities pledged not to send license plate data to ICE. They shared it anyway [Los Angeles Times :: BC-LICENSE-PLATES-DATA:LA]
LOS ANGELES When the city of Pasadena approved the police department’s request to purchase three new automatic license plate readers, Commander Jason Clawson promised the city’s public safety committee the department wouldn’t share any data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“Robust policies and procedures are in place to prevent the system and the information it gathers from being used inappropriately or differently from its intended purpose,” Clawson told the City Council’s public safety committee at the time.
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Police in Pasadena, Long Beach pledged not to send license plate data to ICE. They shared it anyway [Los Angeles Times]
When the city of Pasadena approved the police department’s request to purchase three new automatic license plate readers, Commander Jason Clawson promised the city’s public safety committee the department wouldn’t share any data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
“Robust policies and procedures are in place to prevent the system and the information it gathers from being used inappropriately or differently from its intended purpose,” Clawson told the City Council’s public safety committee at the time.
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