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

  1. 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.

  3. A citizen-based group seeks to defeat this resolution in favor of its own, which, while noble in its purpose, falls well outside the purview of the Common Council and would therefore not little to nothing in achieving its objective. It also cedes more power to the executive, bypasses public discussion, exceeds legal authority and freezes IT requirements and makes them outdated over time.

  5. I know that Fenton and Van Zeeland spent nearly six months working on this resolution, doing their due diligence by meeting with the APD, the City Attorney and the Mayor to determine what was viable, what were best practices and what was within the Council’s regulatory limitations, city code and state law.

  7. The guidelines their resolution covers would also apply to any trial runs of APLRs and any other surveillance technology that APD might seek to employ and would therefore be under the oversight of the Council.

  9. I have read Alder Van Zeeland's recent essay explaining the details of her resolution and am satisfied it is precisely what is needed to find a reasonable and achievable outcome in the matter of mass surveillance. I encourage you to read it if you have not.

  11. This is a well-considered and thoughtful resolution. Without it, we are right back to where we were, with the APD able to act with impunity when it comes to future surveillance programs.

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