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REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager April 24, 2017 SUBJECT Opportunity for Public Comment on City of Redwood City Automatic License Plate Reader Policy, as Required by Senate Bill 34 RECOMMENDATION Approve by motion the staff report regarding Automated License Plate Readers and invite public comment in conformity with California Civil Code Section 1798.90.55 BACKGROUND The Redwood City Police Department has used Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) systems since 2012. Currently, the Department uses ALPR technology for the following official law enforcement purposes: · Locate stolen, wanted, and subject of investigation vehicles; · Locate and apprehend individuals subject to arrest warrants or otherwise lawfully sought by law enforcement; · Locate witnesses and victims of violent crime; · Locate missing children and elderly individuals, including responding to Amber and Silver Alerts; · Support locate, state, federal and tribal public safety departments in the identification of vehicles associated with targets of criminal investigations, including investigations of serial crimes; · Protect participants at special events; and · Protect critical infrastructure sites. On October 6, 2015, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. signed SB 34, which added provisions to the California Civil Code regarding the use of ALPR systems, including requiring government agencies using ALPRs to maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, to implement a privacy policy, to keep records of access to records created through use of the ALPR system, and to prevent unauthorized access to the system. In addition, the agency must disclose any security breaches and cannot sell, share, or transfer ALPR information, except to another public agency and only as permitted by law. Under Section 1798.90.55(a), the new law requires: 6.1.H. - Page 1