support for Fenton/Van Zeeland ALPR resolution
Below is the overview of the Common Council's discussion of how to reign in APLRs and mass surveillance technology. If you support this resolution please consider sending an email -- using any of the talking points below or in your own words -- asking them to pass it. See the resolution here (It will send you to another link but you can open it there) Read Alder Van Zeeland's essay to familiarize yourself if you want. Send email to entire council here before Tuesday night (Be sure and select All Districts). TALKING POINTS BELOW Alderpersons Fenton and Van Zeeland have introduced a resolution (#9-R-26 ) that sets necessary guardrails on the Appleton Police Department’s use of Automated License Plate Readers (APLRs) and other mass surveillance technology. The details of the resolution all fall within the scope of the Council’s legislative purview. A citizen-based group seeks to defeat this resolution in favor of its own, which, while noble in its purpose, falls we...