San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor 'significant events'
San Francisco police are now set to use non-city-owned video cameras for real-time surveillance under a rule approved by the Board of Supervisors.] allows the US West Coast city's cops to use privately owned surveillance cameras and camera networks to conduct investigations as well as to live monitor"significant events with public safety concerns" and investigations relating to active misdemeanor and felony violations.
Using private security cameras for police surveillance has been championed by Mayor London Breed ever since last November'sof orchestrated burglaries and theft in the San Francisco Bay Area. The policy's supporters hope it will help the cops tackle future similar outbreaks of crime, and boost public safety, without treading on people's privacy.
Under the city's existing law, the police can only request historical – non-live – footage from private cameras related to specific times and locations, rather than blanket monitoring.
It specifically prohibits SFPD from requesting surveillance footage"for purposes of enforcing prohibitions on reproductive care or interstate travel for reproductive care." Additionally, in a nod to concerns about security cameras being used toExcept as required by law, SFPD shall not share surveillance footage with any law enforcement agency for purposes of enforcing prohibitions on reproductive care or interstate travel for reproductive care.
The legislation also required the police department to provide public quarterly reports about the surveillance efforts. Technically speaking, this week's vote needs a second one to be finalized, but that is expected to pass. Police leaders have asked for time to go over the details of the policy before that final decision.
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