Diego Coalition News Today

The department wants to use cameras equipped with license plate readers on 500 streetlights across the city. The board's recommendation on the proposal will go to the City Council.

The department wants to add cameras equipped with license plate readers to 500 streetlights across the city; although the privacy advisory board rejected the proposal, the City Council could still approve it

The city gave itself a year to disclose its surveillance technologies, compile an impact report and decide which tools should stay in use. With the deadline fast approaching, not a single tool has been approved.

A new ordinance requires all surveillance technologies be vetted by September. No tool has made it through the process, and city officials are considering pushing back the deadline

San Diego would be the biggest U.S. city to use cameras and plate readers as part of a single network. But the community will get to weigh in first.

Police set up 10 community meetings — all slated next week — for feedback on proposal to let them run hundreds of overhead cameras and add license readers

San Diego would be the biggest U.S. city to use cameras and plate readers as part of a single network. But the community will get to weigh in first.

The Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology (TRUST) ordinances will accomplish two important goals.