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Installation of the Automated License Plate Readers Begin
By Mayor London?Breed
My fellow San Franciscans,
We are making progress disrupting crimes and sending a message that San Francisco is a safe city for residents, businesses, and visitors. While we are relentless in staffing up our police force, we are also incorporating technology that supports the hard work our officers do every day to take care of our City and arrest those who think they can break the law in San Francisco.
Thanks to the $17.3 million grant from the State’s Organized Retail Theft Grant Program we received in November and the passage of my legislation to fund Automated License Plate Readers. Last week we were finally able to begin our plan to install 400 Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR) at approximately 100 intersections across San Francisco. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD)?expects all 400 cameras to be in place and operable within the next three months. ??
The authorized use of ALPR technology for the SFPD is limited to the following use cases and will only be used for:?
License plate recognition?
Assisting with criminal investigations initiated by local, state, and regional public safety departments by identifying vehicles associated with targets of criminal investigations?
To help locate victims, witnesses, suspects, missing children, adults, and/or elderly individuals, including in response to Amber Alerts and Silver Alerts and others associated with a law enforcement investigation?
Alerting police of wanted people or wanted vehicles?
What this technology will not be used for facial recognition, alerts with personal identifiable information?and a red light or speed camera – no issuing of citations.
These new public safety license plate reader cameras will be used by the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to address critical public safety issues, including organized retail theft and motor vehicle theft. ??
These new public safety tools are also part of my strategy to use technology to improve public safety outcomes. I recently authored a ballot measure, Prop E, that allows for increased uses of technology by SFPD. They will also help San Francisco continue to make progress on public safety. San Francisco has seen crime rates decline, with 2023 being the lowest year for crime rates in the last decade. So far this year, crime continues to drop further -- with a 32% reduction in property crime and a 17% reduction in violent crime -- compared to last year.???
These license plate readers can play a critical role in disrupting retail theft, car break-ins, sideshows, and other criminal activity.
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Sincerely,
London N. Breed
Mayor
