A key backer of a 2018 Oakland law says the city is not following the rules.
In 2018, Oakland enacted an innovative law giving citizens a voice in police use of surveillance technology. The Electronic Frontier Foundation called it “the new gold standard in community control of police surveillance.” Since then, about 20 other cities have adopted similar laws.
Now, Brian Hofer, one of the architects of Oakland’s law, says it’s not working. Earlier this month, Hofer filed suit against the city and the police department, saying the department has repeatedly violated the law.
“We ignored human nature,” Hofer says in an interview. “Police don't like to be transparent. Surveillance technology use is by design secretive, and no self-interested party is going to voluntarily highlight anything negative about their own proposal.” A spokesperson for the Oakland Police Department says it doesn’t comment on ongoing legal matters.
“We ignored human nature,” Hofer says in an interview. “Police don't like to be transparent. Surveillance technology use is by design secretive, and no self-interested party is going to voluntarily highlight anything negative about their own proposal.” A spokesperson for the Oakland Police Department says it doesn’t comment on ongoing legal matters.
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I’ve known multiple coke / excasty addicts who are in OPD.
Remember when they got caught extorting prostitutes for cocaine and sex, but got off, cause… I’m not sure.
OPD is trash. Most bay PDs are entirely fucked up.
Here I read it so you don’t have to. They put the reason almost at the end.
Hofer alleges Oakland police have refused to provide the necessary use policies for technologies that were in place before the ordinance took effect, and have allowed federal officials to access surveillance data without written requests, among other things.
According to the suit, the police agreed to audit the use of license plate readers for bias and effectiveness, but haven't produced any audits since 2018.
So police are breaking the law?, this is not news. Also am I reading this right ?, the law is dependent upon self reporting by the police? If so it was bound to fail IMO.