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6.1.D. - Page 10 BACKGROUND Surveillance tools are everywhere: Video cameras are in stores, public buildings, even at a neighbor's front door. Advances in surveillance technology have assisted law enforcement in investigating mass shootings, tracking terrorists, and finding lost children. As valued as these new surveillance tools are to law enforcement, privacy experts say that innocent people may be targeted.6 "You have very powerful systems being purchased, most often in secret, with little-to-no public debate and no process in place to make sure that there are policies in place to safeguard community members," said Nicole Ozer, technology and civil liberties policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) of California.' Recent studies show$that the public believes it should have a say in how surveillance technology is used. With the issues of privacy and surveillance prominent in the news in recent years, Tulchin Research conducted a California statewide survey9 in 2015 for the ACLU of California Center for Advocacy and Policy. Tulchin was charged with assessing how likely voters think and feel about criminal justice and law enforcement, including how police use surveillance technology to track Internet, text, email, and other digital activity using handheld devices and computers. Tulchin found that two-thirds of voters would prefer to see local elected officials, such as city council members or county supervisors, approve new surveillance technologies before the devices are deployed(67% support). Similarly, voters want to see policies which set limits on surveillance use both locally (65%) and statewide (64%). The survey also indicated that voters want accountability from law enforcement agencies regarding the frequency of use of surveillance technologies (62%). The public also wants public notification before the purchase of new surveillance technologies (58%).10 Public opinion in the Bay Area on surveillance Although the Grand Jury did not find any surveys of public opinion in San Mateo County on surveillance issues, the balancing of protection vs. privacy has been a subject of interest in the Bay Area. In 2015, The Center for Investigative Reporting)l and three local artists12 collaborated on the arts and journalism project"Eyes on Oakland.1113 The reporters and the artists visited neighborhoods across the city of Oakland informing residents about surveillance technology. Hundreds of residents participated by completing questionnaires. Participants were asked to respond to the prompt: "Surveillance is..." 6 Marisa Kendall,"Surveillance in Silicon Valley is hard to avoid,"San Jose Mercury News,February 9,2017. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/09/surveillance-in-silicon-valley-whos-watching-you/. 7 Ibid. 8 For information about Tulchin Research,go to http://www.tulchinresearch.com. 9 See Appendix B. 10 Tulchin Research,"California Statewide Survey Finds Voters Concerned about Privacy and Want to See Reforms Made to Surveillance Technology Use by Law Enforcement,"August 21,2015,http://www.aclunc.org/does/20150821- aclu_surveillanceorivacybolling.pdf 11 For information about The Center for Investigative Reporting,go to https://www.revealnews.org/,accessed May 23,2017. 12Aaron McKenzie,Chris Treggiari and Peter Foucault 13 For information on the"Eyes on Oakland"project,go to http://eyesonoakland.tumblr.com/,assessed June 8,2017. 2016-2017 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury 3