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Resolution authorizing and instructing the Department of Innovation & Performance to publish and submit a report on Surveillance Technologies.
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is essential to have an informed public discussion as early as possible about City's use of surveillance technology; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that strong consideration must being given to the impact surveillance technologies may have on civil rights and civil liberties, including those rights guaranteed by the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that, while surveillance technology may threaten the privacy of all of us, throughout history, surveillance efforts have been used to intimidate and oppress certain communities and groups more than others, including those that are defined by a common race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, income level, sexual orientation, or political perspective; and
WHEREAS, in order to have a transparent well-informed public debate, the public must understand, the technology used, its capabilities, how precisely it is used, how its data is preserved and protected, its acquisition and operational costs, and how potential adverse impacts on civil rights and civil liberties are prevented.
Now, therefore be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1 Surveillance Technology Report.
(a) The Department of Innovation & Performance is hereby authorized and directed to publish and submit to the Mayor and the City Council a report on surveillance technologies acquired, funded, or used by the City.
(b) Surveillance Technologies required to be included in the report shall include:
(1) any electronic device, hardware, or software that is intended to collect, capture, record, retain, process, intercept, analyze, monitor, or share audio, visual, digital, location, thermal, biometric, behavioral, or similar information or communications s...
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