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a report from Councillor Dennis J. Carlone and Councillor Craig A. Kelley, Co-Chairs of the Ordinance Committee, for a public hearing held on August 13, 2018 to discuss revisions to the proposed Municipal Code amendment to create a new chapter 12.22 entitled “Surveillance Technology Ordinance;” said revisions were submitted to the City Council on June 25, 2018
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Assistant Cly Solicitors
Nancy E. Glowa
PaulS. Kawai
City Solicitor
amuel A. Ayleswort
eplin K. U. Allwale
Arthur J. Goldberg
Sean M. McKendry
Depuly City Solicitor
degan B. Bayes
rian A. Schwart
Vali Buland
First Assissant City Solicitor
Public Records Access Officer
Jennifer Simpsor
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Office of the City Solicitor
795 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
June 25, 2018
Louis A. DePasquale
City Manager
City Hiali
draft of Surveillance Technoloy Ordinance)
795 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
Surveillance Ordinance - Explanatory Comments and Responses to Issues
proposed
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Raised by the ACLU at the 4/17/18 Public Safety Committee Meeting
Dear Mr, DePasquale:
I am pleased to submit to you revisions to the proposed draft Surveillance Technology
Ordinance (the "Ordinance"), both redlined and clean drafts of which are attached hereto
for your review and submission to the City Council for its consideration.
By way of background, and as you are aware, City staff including you, Deputy City
Manager Lisa Peterson, Police Commissioner Branville Bard, and members of this office
have been meeting and conterring with Kade Crockford of the American Civil Liberties
Union of Massachusetts (the "ACLU'") on several occasions over the last year and a hali,
including numerous teleconferences with Ms. Crockford in order to discuss the concerns
the ACLU and Digital Fourth have expressed with regard to the Ordinance. The ACLU
had submitted questions concerning the Ordinance during the October 18, 2017 Public
Safety Committee hearing to which the City responded in meètings and telephone
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conferences thereafter. During the April 17, 2018 Public Safety Committee hearing the
Committee requested that a revised version of the Ordinance be prepared for a City
Council meeting to be heid in late May or early June. At the April 17, 2018 Committee
Hearing, the ACLU also submitted a number of specific questions related to the
Ordinance; City staff met with the ACLU on June 14, 2018 to discuss those questions as
well as other questions that had previously been submitted to City staff, and City staff then
had a teleconference with Ms. Crockford on June 18, 2018 to discuss the proposed
revisions City staff made to the Ordinance in order to address the ACLU's questions.
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Set forth in detail below are questions and issues raised by the ACLU together with our
responses to the same and further explanation, if any, regarding the City staff's
recommendations as to those issues.
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A. DEFINITIONS.
1. Section 12.22.020(E) Definitions—-Exigent Circumstances: Whether to
Include Significant Property Damage or Loss in the Detinition of Exigent
Circumstances (p. 2 of the redlined Ordinance).
The ACLU suggested that "significant property damage or loss" should be removed
from the Ordinance's definition of Exigent Circumstances in Section 12.22.020(B).
• City staff do not recommend that "significant property damage or loss" be
moved from the definition of Exigent Circustances in Sectic
.22.020(B) of the Ordinance. By way of example, in the event that tt
Police Department receives a tip that a large property may be destroyed by
one or more individuals, and such property destrction poses public health
or similar risk to the generai public, the Police Department needs the ability,
under Section 12.22,040 of the Ordinance, to acquire and use on a
temporary basis Surveillance Technology not previously approved by the
Council, in order to mitigate or remove the risk that such property
destruction poses. Indeed, other Surveillance Ordinances recently adopted
in Berkeley and Davis, California, contain "property damage" in their
definition of exigent circumstances. Moreover, there may be circumstances
where the Police Department receives a tip that someone intends to destroy
property used for emergency response purposes, i.e., someone could target
all of the City's fire trucks or ambulances, and in so doing, hamper the
City's ability to respond to fire and health emergencies, leading to loss of
life. Given those risks, City staff strongly recommend that this language
not be altered. However, in order to address the ACLU's concerns, City
staff bava added the following language to the definition of Exigent
Circumstances in Section 12.22,020(B): "The use of Surveillance
Technology in Exigent Circumstances shall not infringe upon an
individual's right to peacefully protest."
2. Section 12.22.020(F)(3)(c)—Definitions—Exomption for Cameras Installed In
or On a Police Vehicle: Excluding Cameras with License Plate Reading
Technology from the Exemption for Cameras Installed In or On a Police
Vehicle (0.5).
The next suggestion of the ACLU's is to add "except license plate readers" to
12.22.020(F)(3)(c) which exempts cameras installed in or on a police vehicle from
the requirements of the Ordinance, in other words, making "license plate readers"
subject to the provisions of the Ordinance.
• That change is agreeable to City staff, and City staff have revised
12.22.020(F)(3)(c) to include: "cameras installed in or on a police vehicle,
except cameras with license piate reading technology", so that cameras with
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such technology will not be exempt from the requirements of the
Ordinance.
3. Section 12.22.020(L)—Definitions-Technolory-Speeific Surveillance Use
Policy: Adding a Definition of Technology-Specifie Surveillance Use Policy (p.
8).
Because the ACLU suggests that a City department should be required to submit &
specific Surveillance Use Policy as to a specific technology when the City
department is seeking Council approval of the specific Surveillance Technology,
City staff have added a new definition for a "Technology-Specific Surveillance Use
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Policy" in Subsection (E) of 12.22.020.
B. ACQUISITION AND USE OF SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.
1. Sections 12.22.030—Acquisition of Surveillance Technology and 12.22.040-
Temporary Acquisition and Use of Surveillance Technology in Exigent
Circumstances: Adding the Requirement that a Technology-Specific
Surveillance Use Policy be Submitted with a Surveillance Impact Report (P.p.
8-12).
As noted in the preceding paragraph, the ACLU has suggested that a City
department should be required to submit a Surveillance Use Policy when the
department is seeking Council approval of acquisition and use of a specific
Surveillance Technology under 12.22.030(A) and (B), or when the department is
submitting an Aunual Surveillance Report to the Council under 12.22.060(A).
• That change is agreeable to City staff, and City staff have thus included the
requirement that a Technology-Specific Use Policy be submitted along with
a Surveillance Impaet Report required in Sections 12.22.030(A) aud (B),
and 12.22.040 where the specific technology for which approval is sought is
not already covered under the City's Surveillance Use Policy.
2. Section 12.22.030(C) City Council Approval of Acquisition of Surveillance
Technology: Language Revision (p. 9).
Section 12.22.030(C) provides that "in approving, and/or disapproving any
acquisition of Surveillance Technology, the City Council shall balance the
safeguarding of individuals' right to privacy against the investigative and
prosecutorial functions of the Police Department and promoting and ensuring the
safety and security of the general public." The ACLU suggested that the City use
the word "consider" in place of "balance." In addition, during the June 14, 2018
meeting, the ACLU also suggested that the word "against" be replaced with the
phrase "as well as."
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• Those changes are agreeable to City staff, and City staff have revised
Section 12.22.030(C) as well as Section 12.22.050 (B) to read: "In
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approving, and/or disapproving any acquisition of Surveillance
Technology, the City Council shall consider the safeguarding of
individuals' right to privacy as well as the investigative and prosocutorial
functions of the Police Department and promoting and ensuring the safety
and security of the general public."
3. Sections 12.22.030(D) and 12,22.040: Sarveillance Impact Report and
Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Polley to be Made Available No Fewer
than ? Days Prior to Council Meeting (p.p. 9-10).
The ACLU also stated that the Ordinance does not allow for enough public input as
written.
• In response, City staff have added the foliowing language to the Ordinance:
i. A new section has been added to Section 12.22.030 as follows: "(D)
Any Surveillance Impact Report, and, if necessary, Technology-
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where it shall be discussed."
ii. City staff also added the following language to 12.22.040: "Any
Surveillance Impact Report, and, if necessary, Technology-
Specific Surveillance Use Policy submitted to the City Council
under this Section shall be made publicly available no fewer than
seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of the Council meeting
where it shall be discussed."
C. SURVEILLANCE USE POLICY.
1. Section 12.22.050(A)-Submission of Surveillance Use Policy to the City
Council: Surveillance Use Policy Shall be Made Publicly Available No Fewer
than 7 Days Prior to Council Meeting (p. 10).
As part of the revisions City staff made in order to address the ACLU's concern
that there is not enough opportunity for public input in the Ordinance as written,
City staff have also revised the language of the Ordinance with respect to the
submission of the Surveillance Use Policy.
• City staff added the following language to 12.22.050(A): Any Surveillance
Use Policy submitted under Section 12.22.050 shall be made publicly
available no fewer than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of the
Council meeting where it shail be discussed.
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2. Section 12.22.050(B)- Council Approval of the Surveillance Use Policy:
ACLU Concern re "Unlawfully Obstruct" Language (p. 10).
The ACLU suggested that the following sentence be removed from Section
12.22.050(B) regarding the Council's authority to approve or disapprove a
Surveillance Use Policy: "To the extent the City Manager determines that
approving or disapproving the Surveillance Use Policy would unlawfully obstruct
the investigative or prosecutorial functions of the Police Department, the City
Council shall simply receive and discuss the applicable portions of the Surveillance
Use P'olicy."
• This change is not recommended, as it would allow the City Council to
have ultimate decision making authority over critical decisions relating to
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he investigative and prosecutorial functions of the Police Department rathe
han the Police Commissioner and the City Manager, It also potentially run
afoul of the provisions of the City's Plan F. Charter, as it appears to relate
more to operational issues and the discretion provided under the charter to
the City Manager than to the broadet policy making role of the City
proposed draft:
Council. City staff discussed the ACLU's suggested change with Ms.
Crockford during the June 14, 2018 meeting with her and explained that this
was not acceptable to the City. City staff also believe that this concern is
addressed in Section 12.22.060(B)(1), which gives the City Council an
opportunity to "recommend modifications to the Surveillance Use Policy
that are designed to address the City Council's concerns to the City
Manager for his consideration." Therefore, to the extent the City Council
has a concern over a provision in the Surveillance Use Policy, the City
Council will have an opportunity to recommend that the City Manager
revise same accordingly.
D. ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORI.
1. Section 12.22.060(A)--Submission of Annual Surveillance Report Approval:
Language Revision (p.p. 10-11)
The ACLU stated that the following language in the second sentence of Section
12.22.060(A) is confusing and should be removed: "Similarly, if the City Council
received but did not approve a Surveillance Inpact Report from the Police
Department because of concerns over obstructing the Police Department's
investigative or prosecutorial function, the Police Department must still submit an
Annual Surveillance Report within twelve (12) months of the City Council's
receipt of the Surveillance Impact Report, and annually thereafter on or before
March 1."
• City staff is agreeable to revising the language of that section, After review,
City staff suggest revising Section 12.22.060(A) by separating it into three
subsections as follows:
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"(1) A City department head who has obtained approval for the use
of Surveillance Technology or the information it provides under Section
12.22.030 ot Section 12.22.040 of this Chapter, must submit an
Annual Surveillance Report within twelve (12) months of City Council
approval, and annually thereafter on or before March I.
(2) Where the Police Department submitted & Surveillance Impact Report,
and, if necessary, a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy that the
Council did not approve prior to the Police Department's use of the
Surveillance Technology, the Police Department must still submit an
Annual Surveillance Report within twelve (12) months of the City
Council's receipt of the Surveillance Impact Report, and annually
thereafter on or before March 1.
(3) Any Annual Surveillance Report submitted under this section shall
be made publicly available no fewer than seven (7) calendar days prior
to the date of the Council meeting where it shall be discussed."
Section 12.22.060(A)(3) is also discussed in Section 2 below.
2. Section 12.22.060(A)(3)—Submission of Annual Surveillance Report:
Annual Surveillance Report Shall be Made Publicly Available No Fewer
than 7 Calendar Days Prior to Council Meeting (p. I1).
In response to the ACLU's concern about allowing enough opportunity for
public comment, City staff have revised Section 12.22.060(A) of the
Ordinance to require that Annual Surveillance Report be submitted at least
seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of the Council meeting where it shall
be discussed.
"(3) Any Annual Surveillance Report submitted under this section
shail be made publicly available no fewer than seven (7) calendar days
prior to the date of the Council meeting where it shall be discussed."
3. Section 12.22.060(B)—Council Review of Annual Surveillance Reports:
Enforcement (p. 11):
The ACLU stated that Section 12.22.060(B) is insufficient for enforcement
purposes, and suggested that the language be revised to provide that. Section
12.22.060(B) currently reads: *... If the benefits or reasonably anticipated benefits
do not outweigh the financial and/or operational costs or civil liberties or civil
rights are not reasonably safeguarded, the City Council may consider (1)
recommending modifications to the Surveillance Use Policy that are designed to
address the City Council's concerns to the City Manager for his consideration;
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and/or (2) requesting a report back from the City Manager regarding steps taken to
address the City Council's concerns."
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• In order to address the ACLU's concern, City staff have added the
ollowing language to Section 12.22.060(B): "and/or (3) recommend to th
city Manager that use of the Surveillance Technology cease.'
E. ENFORCEMENI OF THE ORDINANCE.
1. Section 12.22.070Enforcement: Right of Action and Penalties for Violation
(p.p. 11-12).
The ACIU submitted a comment stating that the Ordinance should provide for a
rivate right of action, the award of attorneys' fees to successful litigants, an
vhistleblower protection
• City staff do not recommend that the City provide suck a private right of
action for a variety of reasons, which City staff have explained to Ms.
Crockford, and as explained below.
In cases where a City employee violates the Surveillance Use Policy or
parts of the Surveillance Ordinance, the City Manager has the authority to
discipline such an employee, including terminating the employee.
Furthermore, the City's Employee Manual and Collective Bargaining
Agreements contain provisions for disciplining employees, up to and
including termination, where the employec violates a City policy or a
municipal ordinance. In addition to the policy considerations that mitigate
against the City providing for individuals to bring private causes of action
against the City or City employees personally for alleged violations of a
City ordinance, such a provision in a municipal ordinance would likely
conflict with the provisions of the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act ("Chapter
258"') which irrumunizes Massachusetts municipalities and their officials and
employees from liability in, among others, claims based upon an act ot
omission of a public employee when the employee is exercising due care in
the execution of any regulation of a public employer, or any municipal
ordinance or by-law. The Legislature of the Commonwealth enacted
Chapter 258 to act as a limited waiver of the common law doctrine of
sovereign immunity, and thus, enabled the Commonwealth and its political
subdivisions (i.e., cities and towns) to be sued in courts in limited
circumstances. The Supreme Judicial Court has held that sovereign
immunity is still in effect unless consent to suit has been expressed by the
terns of a statute, or appears by necessary implication from them. Io
provide for a private right of action under the Surveillance Ordinance would
be a significant deviation from Chapter 258, and would mean that any City
employee or elected or appointed offcial could be subject to personal
liability in actions stemming from alleged violations of the Ordance
regardless of whether the alleged violation was intentional. To the extent a
City employee may commit an intentional tort or violate civil rights, there
are existing remedies under state and federal laws which, depending on the
allegations, pernit individuals to file lawsuits against the City and City
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employces for civil rights violations and intentional torts. For instance, ar
individual who was subject to surveillance without a warrant may file a
lawsuit in state or federal court against both the City and the City employee
for the alleged civil rights violation, and collect damages if successful, for
such civil rights violation.
After careful consideration of this matter, however, and having reviewed
the provisions of the Surveillance Technology ordinances adopted in Davis,
California and Seattle, Washington, City staff recommend that the
following language be included in Section 12.22.070 of the Ordinance.
City staff believe that the below language meets the appropriate balance
between the existing remedies available to individuals under state and
federal law, the protections afforded to municipalities under Chapter 258,
and providing members of the public with the ability to seek redress under
this Ordinance:
(A)
Enforcement Officials. This Chapter shall be enforced by the City
Manager or his/her designee.
(B)
Violation. Any person injured by a violation of this Chapter may institute
proceedings for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or a court order in a
court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Chapter
subject to the provisions of Subsection (C) below. Any action instituted
under this Subsection (B) shall be brought against the City of Cambridge,
but not against City employees. No monetary damages ot award of
Horneys' fees shall be allowed in any legal proceeding for any alleger
injuries arising out of any alleged violation(s) of this Chapter.
(C)
Notice and Procedure.
(1) No legal proceeding under Subsection (B) above shall be brought
unless the City has first been given written notice within thirty (30) days
of the alleged violation(s) addressed to the City Clerk and specifying: (a)
the name and address of the person(s) allegedly injured; (b) the date(s),
time and placo(s) of the alleged violation(s); and (c) a detailed description
of the alleged injury.
(2) Prior to the initiation of any legal proceeding under Subsection (B)
above, the City shall be permitted minety (90) days from the date of the
City's receipt of the written notice of the alleged violation(s) within which
to investigate such alleged violation(s) and, if substantiated, to correct
such alleged violation(s).
(3) If the alleged violation(s) is substantiated and subsequently cured, the
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describes the corrective measure(s) taken to address the violation(s) and no
legal proceedings to remedy the alleged violation(s) shail be allowed
pursuant to Subsection (B) above.
(D)
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any individual's
rights under state or federal laws.
Very truly yours,
Nancy B. Glowa
City Sotteitor
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Surveillance Technology Ordinance
Chapter 12.22
Section 12.22.010
Purpose
The purpose of this Chapter is to provide for the regulation of Surveillance Technology
acquisition or use by the City of Cambridge, to safeguard the right of individuals to privacy, to
balance the public's right to privacy with the need to promote and ensure safety and security, to
provide protocols for use of Surveillance Technology that include specific steps to mitigate
potential impacts on the civil rights and liberties of any communities or groups including
communities of color or other marginalized communities in the City
balance any decision 1o
use Surveillance Technology with an assessment of the costs and
actection of privacy, civil
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liberties and civil rights, to allow for informed public discussio
and to minimize the risks
Technology, 10 provide for transparency, oversight, and accountability
posed by use of Surveillance Technology in the City.
Section 12.22.020 Definitions
The following definitions apply to this Chapler:
(A)
"Annual Surveillance Report"®
aeans a written report concerning specific
Surveillance Technology that ine
Call of the follow
(1)
A description of how the Suryeilla
scinglogy has been used,
including whether it captured
ges, soun
or information regarding
members
the public who arenot suspected of engaging in unlawful
conge
Whether ande
fed through the use of the Surveillance
(2)
ogy was shared with ottside entities, the name of any recipient
entity,
data disclosed, under what legal standard(s) the
type(s)
information
las disc
., and the justification for the disclosure;
(3)
summary of community complaints or concerns about the Surveillance
schnology,
The resta
(4)
of any non-privileged internal audits. any information about
violations of the Surveillance Use Policy, and any actions taken in
response;
Whether the Surveillance Technology has been effective at achieving its
(5)
identified purpose;
(6)
Statistics and information about public records requests:
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other ongoing costs. and what source of funding will fund the technology in
the coming year; and
(8)
#Whether the civil rights and liberties of any communities or groups, including
ommunities of color or other marginalized communities in the City a
isproportionately impacted by the deployment of the Surveillance Technolog
(B)
or his/her designee's
"Exigent Circumstances" means the Police Commissiong
good faith belief that an emergency involving danger of death, physical injury, or
significant property damage or loss requires use of the
eillance Technology or the
information it provides. The use of Surveillance Teenolog
Exigent
ully protest.
Circumstances shali not infringe upon an individual's
ight to
"Surveillance" means to observe or analyze the movements, behavior, o
(C)
actions of identifiable individuals in a manner that is reasonably likely to
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association, racią
raise concerns about civil liberties, freedom of
nclude individuals
equity or social justice. Identifiable individuals als
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whose identity can be revealed by license plate data
any other record. It is not surveil
if an individual cowingly and
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nation, or had ac
voluntarily consented to provide the
conspicuous opportunity to opt out of providing the information.
(D)
"Surveillance Datat means any electronic data collected, captured,
7, processco, intercepted
recorded, retainer
or analyzed by Surveillance
acquired by the City or operated at the direction of the City.
Technology
"Surveillance Impo
means a publicly-released written report including
(E)
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muarthe followi
Information describing
o Surveillance Technology and how it works;
information on the proposed purpose(s) for the Surveillance Technology;
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(4)
aptial impact(s) on privacy in the City; the potential impact on the civil
rights and liberties of any communities or groups. including, but nor limited to,
communities of color or other marginalized communities in the City, and a
description of whether there is a plan to address the impacts): and
urveillance
nt:
(5)
The fiscal costs for the Surveillance Technology, including initial purchase,
personnel and other ongoing costs, and any current or potential sources of
funding
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(F)
"Surveillance Technology" means any electronic surveillance device.
hardware, or software that is capable of collecting, capturing, recording,
retaining, processing. intercepting, analyzing, monitoring, or sharing audio,
visual, digital, location, thermal, biometric, or similar information or
communications specifically associated with, or capable of being
associated with, any specific individual or group; or any system, device, or
vehicle that is equipped with an electronic surveillance device, hardware.
or software.
1.
"Surveillance Technology" includes, but is not limited to:
IMSI) catshers and
(a)
#International mobile subscriber identit
other cell site simulators;
(b)
#Automatic license plate rea
(C)
eElectronic toll readers;
(d)
e Closed-circuit television cameras exceptas otherwise
provided herein;
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(e)
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(f)
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(g)
gunshot detection and locauon hardware and services:
-ray
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(i)
Monitoring and/or recording technology;
such
surveillance cameras and wearable body cameras;
sSurveilance enabled or capable lightbulbs or light fixtures;
(k)
ols, including software and hardware, used to gain
mauthorized access to a computer, computer service. or
computer network;
Social media monitoring sofiware;
(1)
(m)
*Through-the-wall radar or similar imaging technology;
ePassive scanners of radio networks:
(n1)
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(0)
‡Long-range Bluetooth and other wireless-scanning devices;
(p)
*Radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanners; and
§Software designed to integrate or analyze data from
(4)
Surveillance Technology, including surveiltance target
tracking and predictive policing software.
For the purposes of this Chapter, "Surveillance
Technology" does not include the following deviceter nardware,
become
unless they have been equipped with, or are modified
or include, a Surveillance Technology as definee above
(a)
televisions, compute
*Routine office hardware, such
and printers, that are in widespread publig use and will no
-related
be used for any surveillanee or surveillan
functions;
Parking Ticket Devices ("PTDs") and related databases:
(b)
none
(c)
mManually-operated
arable, handheld digital
carccorders that are not
cameras, audio recorders, and
designed to be used suraptitously and whose functionality
is used tor manually capturing and mañually downloading
¡deo and/er audio recordings;
(d)
*Surveillance revices that cabriot record or transmit audio
or videa o
be remate
obessed, such as image stabilizing
binoculare ds night vision goggles;
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(e)
Cily databases
do not and will not contain any data or
other informatjen collected, captured, recorded, retained.
processed, intercepted, or analyzed by Surveillance
Technology;
(f)
danually-operated technological devices that are used
primarily for internal City communications and are not
designed to surreptitiously collect Surveillance Data, such
as radios and email systems;
(g)
*Parking access and revenue control systems, including
proximity card readers and transponder readers at City-
owned or controlled parking garages: and
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(h)
eElectronic card readers and key fobs used by City
employees and other authorized persons for access to City-
owned or controlled buildings and property.
3.
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following Surveillance Technology is
exempt from the requirements of this Chapter:
a)
Information acquired where the individual knowingly and
voluntarily consented to provide the information, sueb as
submitting personal information for the recei
Prof City
services;
Information acquired where the individuat was presented
with a clear and conspicuous onfortunity to opt out of o
providing the information:
c)
Cameras installed in or on a police
le, except cameras.
with license plate sading technology:
IG state law auth
cation in or
Cameras installed piresuan
ghi-of-way solely to
on any vehicle or along a pubbe
record traffic violations
ameras ir
alled on City
e)
property solely for security
urposes, including closed ocut television cameras
INst
Ted by the City to moniter entryways and outdoor
arcas d
or contolled buildings and property
or the putt
așe of controling access, maintaining the
Employees and visitors to City buildings,
and protecting
property;
security cameras including closed circuit television
cameras installed by the City to monitor cashiers' windows
and offer cash-handling operations and to maintain the
ty of City employees and visitors to such areas;
g)
Cameras installed solely to protect the physical integrity of
City infrastructure; or
Technology that monitors only City employees in response
to complaints of wrongdoing or in order to prevent waste.
fraud. or abuse of City resources.
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4.
The following situations are exceptions to the requirements ofthis Chapter:
Surveillance conducled pursuant to a warrant using
previously approved Surveillance Technology.
Surveillance conducted pursuant to a warrant using
previously approved Surveillance Technology is excepted
from the requirements of 12.22.030(B) and 12.22.060(A)
where: i) the City is prohibited from publicly releasing
federal or
information pertaining to the surveillance unde
the Police
state law, or pursuant to a Court Order; or y
Casa
Commissioner has determined that the r
information pertaining to the surveillance would
compromise public safety and security provided that the
Annual Surveilland
information is released in the ne
Report following the Police Commissioner's determinatio
that public safety and security concerns p
staining to the
release of such information no lor
poses an
In the event of an emergency situation
imminent risk of do
Or bodily harn or
nificant
ath the
damage or loss. a City dep:
aent head may
ine Survefilance
approval of the City Manager,
Courel
Technology without prior
approval, for the
for mitigating such risk, if the
sole purpose of preventing
department agad reasonably believes the acquisition of
unveillance fechnology wid result in reduction of the
risk
he department's use of Surveillance Technology
Whenste
longer exists or the use of the
must end
Surveillance Technologs can no longer reasonably reduce
isk. Then
he must be documented in the department's
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Annual Survent
jee Report, and any future acquisition or
use o sach Suppeillance Technology must be approved by
the Cily Council as set forth in this Chapter.
A Ciyy department head may, with the approval of the City
gadger, apply a technical patch or upgrade that is
necessary to mitigate threats to the City's environment.
The department shall not use the new surveillance
capabilities of the technology until the requirements of
Section 12.22.030 are met, unless the City Manager
letermines that the use is unavoidable; in that case. th
lepartment head shall request City Council approval a
soon as possible. The request shall include a report to the
City Council of how the altered surveillance capabilities
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were used since the time of the upgrade.
"Surveillance Use Policy" means a publiciy-released policy for the City's use of the
(G)
Surveillance Technology, approved bythe City Solicitor and the City Manager, and
submitted to and approved by the City Council. The Surveillance Use Policy shall at a
minimum specify the following:
(1) Purpose: The specific purpose(s) for the Surveillance Technology.
es and processes
Authorized Use: The uses that are authorized, the a
(2)
required before that use, and the uses that are prohibite
(3)
Data Collection The information that c
ecollected by the Surveillance
Technology.
(4)
Data Access: The individuals who can
ise the collected
red before access or use of the
information, and the rules and processes ret
information.
on from unauthorized
rotect informa
(S)
Data Protection: The safeguards tha
ss-control, and access-
phon, ace
access, including, but not limited to, e
oversight mechanisms.
Data l
(6)
Many, for which information collected by
ention:
time period.
the Surve
Hance Technology will bevoutinely retained, the reason that retention
period is appropria
if fusther the plfpose(s), the process by which the
information is
Her that period lapses, and the conditions that
Sularly deleted
must
met to rel
information beyond that period.
lt and
Public Access
W collected information can be accessed by
members of the public, including criminal defendants.
(8)
Third Party Duta-Sharing: If and how other City or non-City entities
can a
or use the information, including any required justification
and legal standard necessary to do so, and any obligations) imposed
on the recipient of the information.
(9)
Training: The training, if any, required for any individual authorized to use
the Surveillance Technology or to access information collected by the
Surveillance Technology, including whether there are training materials.
Oversight: The mechanisms to ensure that the Surveillance Use Policy is
(10)
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followed, including, but not limited to, identifying personnel assigned 10
ensure compliance with the policy, internal record keeping of the use of the
technology or access to information collected by the Surveillance
Technology, technical measures to monitor for misuse, any independent
person or entity with oversight authority, and the sanctions for violations of
the policy.
(H)
governing a City
"Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy" means a polis
departments)'s use of a specific Surveillance Technology nothready covered under the
City's Surveillance Use Policy. approved by the City Solide
ad the City Manager. and
submitted to the City Council with a Surveillance Impact Pabort bil
A Section
Blogy-Specific
12.22.030(A), 12.22.030(B), or 12.22.040 of this Chapier: A Tee
My provision of the
d's Surveillance
Surveillance Use Policy shail not conflict with
Use Policy:.
Section 12.22.030
Acquisition of Surveillance T
(A)
City Departments Other that the Police Departient. Unless it is not
reasonably possible or feasrole to do so (e.g., Exig
en Circumstances, a natural
event it, etc.),
disaster, or technological probleins.
y department head other
oval under Section 12.22.030 of this
than the Police Commissioner seeking
Chapter must submit to the City Council a Site
allance Impact Report, and. if
necessary.
gy-Specific
rveillance lose Policy pertaining to the specific
ce Techno
Surveillar
any for which approval is sought and obtain City Council
ore doing any of the fo
oying:
approvat
(1)
ne funds
for Surveilance technology: including but not limited to,
applyma
or a grat
for accepting state or federal funds, or in-kind or other
donations!
(2)
Acquiring net Surveillance Technology, including but not limited to
racuring that Surveillance Technology without the exchange of
monies or othet consideration;
(3)
Using Surveillance Technology for a purpose, in a manner, or in a location
not previously approved; or
(4)
Entering into an agreement with a non-City entity to acquire, share, or
otherwise use Surveillance Technology or the information it provides.
(B)
Police Department. Other than with respect to Surveillance Technology limited to
use in Exigent Circumstances in law enforcement investigations and prosecutions as
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specifically defined in Section 12.22.040 of this Chapter, the Police Commissioner
must submit a Surveillance Impact Report, and. if necessary. a Technology-
Specific Surveillance Use Policy pertaining to the specific Surveillance Technology for
which approval is sought to the City Council and obtain City Council approval.
before doing any of the following:
(A)
Seeking funds for Surveillance Technology, including but not limited to,
or in-kind or other
applying for a grant, or accepting state or federal funde
donations;
(B)
ingluding out not limited to
Acquiring new Surveillance Technology,
procuring that technology without the exchange of momes or other
consideration;
acation
a manner, or
(3)
Using Surveillance Technology
urpose,
not previously approved; or
(4)
y to acquire, share, or
Entering into an agreement with a non-City
otherwise use Surveillance
echnology.
(C)
misition of Surveiltance
In approving, and/or denying disapproving
lee-con
the safeguarding of
Technology, the Gity Council shal
Las the investigative and prosecutorial
2 against-as
individuals' rightso pri
functions of the Police Depament and promoting and ensuring the safety and security
of the general pu
Any
(D).
Report. ane
ce Impas
necessary: Technology-Specific Surveillance
ded to th
Une Policy sued
Sity Council under Section 12.22.030(A) or 12.22.030(B).
fall be made puty
ty availa
no fewer than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date
Shall be discussed.
s Council meetes where
Section 12.22
Temporary Acquisition and Use of Surveillance Technology in
Exigent Circumstances
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, the Police Department may temporarily
acquire or temporarily use Surveillance Technology in Exigent Circumstances without
following the provisions of this Chapter before that acquisition or use. However, if the
Police Department acquires or uses Surveillance Technology in Exigent Circumstances
under this Section. the Police Commissioner must (1) report that acquisition or use to the City
Council in writing within 90 days following the end of those Exigent Circumstances; (2)
submit a Surveillance Impact Report: and. if necessary. a Technology=
Specific Surveillance Use Policy tothe City Council regarding that Surveillance
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Technology within 90 days following the end of those Exigent Circumstances: and (3)
include that Surveillance Technology in the Police Department's next Annual Surveillance
Report to the City Council following the end of those Exigent Circumstances. If the
Police Commissioner is unable to meet the 90-day timeline to submit a Surveillance
Impact Report, and. if necessary, a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use
Policy to the City Council, the Police Commissioner may notify the City Council in writing
Ordinance)
of his or her request to extend this period. The City Council may grant extensions beyond
the original 90-day timeline to submit a Surveillance Impact Reg
d. and. it
necessary. a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy._Any
A Surveillance Use Policy
Surveillance Impact Report, and. if necessary. Technology-Spe
submitted to the City Council under this Section shall be made publicly available no fewer
Meeting
than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of the Counci
ere it shall be
discussed.
Compliance for Existing
Section 12.22.050
urveillances Technologies
(A)
Council for its review and
The City Manager shall submit to the
applicable to each City
approval a proposed Surveillance Use Po
er uses Surveillaned
department that posses
Technology before the
guisition of Surveillance
effective date of this Chapte
on future use and sor
le-hunde
Technology, no later than on
eighty (180 days following the
effective date of this Chapter,
dropproval by the City Council.
If the City Manh
feet this
rger is unable
yoo-day timeline, he or she may
notify the City
Council in writingof his or her request to extend this period.
Council
The B
nay grant an extension to the City Manager to submit a
proposed
Surveillance Use Policy.
Any Surveillance Use Policy submitted
under Section
fade publicly available no fewer than seven
adar day
arior to the date of the Council meeting where it shall be
discusse
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In approving ondenying the Surveillance Use Policy, the City Council shall
alance the safeguarding of individuals* right to privacy against-as well as the
stigative and prosecutorial function of the Police Department and promoting
and ensuring the safety and security of the general public. To the extent the City
of a court of law determines that approving or denying disapproving.
the Surgellance Use Policy would unlawfully obstruct the investigative or
prosecutorial functions of the Police Department, the City Council shall simply
receive and discuss the applicable portions of the Surveillance Use Policy.
Section 12.22.060
Oversight Following City Council Approval
(A) (1)A Cily department head who has oblained approval for the use of
Surveillance Technology or the information it provides under Section
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12.22.030 or Section 12.22.040 of this Chapter, must submit an Annual
Surveillance Report within Iwelve (12) months of City Council approval, and
annually thereafter on or before March 1.
Similarly, (2) Where the Police Department has submitted a Surveillance Impact
Report. and, if necessary, a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy that the
Council has not approved prior to the Police Department's use of the
Surveillance Technology.ff the City Council receired but did not specifically.
om the Police-
approve or disepprore a Surveilance Impact Repor
Department because-of concerns over obstructing
¿Potica Department's
artment must still submit
investigative or prosecutorial funetion; the Polica
months of the City
an Annual Surveillance Use-Report within Ayelve
Council's receipt of the Surveillance Impact
and annually thereafter
Report.
on or before March 1-
on shall be
submitted under this s
(3) Any Annual Surveillance Repo
Sr to the
seven 7) calendar day
made publicly available no fewer.
ll ba
stussed.
date of the Council meeting where
a Surveillance Report, the
Based upon informatiof provided in the An
(B)
whether the beneti
City Council shall deterre
do the impacted City
department(s) and the cont
of the Surveillance Technology
iah costs and whether reasonable
outweigh the financial and opera
sonable conc
safeguards exist to address ree
as regarding privacy, civil
liberties,
tights impacted by deployment of the Surveillance
Techoe
gy.
If the benefits or reasonably anticipated benefits do not
rational costs or civil liberties or civil
finangial and/or op
outweigh
rights are ro
Is safeguaried, the City Council ma y
aeril)
recommending modifications to the Surveillance Use Policy
that are
signed to address the City Council's concerns to the City
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or ais conside
ration; and/or (2) requesting a report back from the
Manager s
City Mand
er regarging steps taken to address the City Council's
boncerns: anter (3) recommend to the City Manager that use of the
xeillance Technology cease.
(C)
No later than May 31 of each year, the City Council shall hold a meeting
to discuss the City departments' Annual Surveillance Reports, and shall
publicly release a report that includes a summary of all requests for approval
of Surveillance Impact Reports received by the City Council during
the prior year pursuant to Section 12.22.030 or Section 12.22.040 of
this Chapter, including whether the City Council approved,
rejeeteddisapproved, or required modifications to the Surveillance Impact
Report.
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Section 12.22.070
Enforcement
(A).
Enforcement Officials. This Chapter shall be enforced by the City Manager or
his/her designee._
(B)
Violation. Any person injured by a violation of this Chapter may institute
proceedings for injunctive relief. declaratory relief, or fourt order in a court of
competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of is Chapter. subiect to the
provisions of Subsection (C) below. Any action e
Inted under this Subsection
Not against City
(B) shail be brought against the City of Camberge, bu
emplovees. No monetary damages or awar of attorneyst feas shall be allowed
in any legal proceeding for any alleged rurits arising out c
Say alleged
violation(s) of this Chapter
(C)
Notice and Procedure. (I No legal pr
miler Subsection B) above
shall be brought unless the City has first b
given written notice within thirty.
(30) days of the alleged riolation(s) addresse
a the City Clerk and specifying:
(a) the name and address
person(s) allege
injured: (b) the date(s). time
S: and (c) a de
and placets) of the alleged
fed description of the.
alleged injury.
proct
(2) Prior to the initiation of an
under Subsection (B) above.
the City S
ermitted nines
(90) days from the date of its receipt of the
writter Motice o
malleged viola ion(s) within which to investigate such
alleged slation(Stand, if substandated. to correct such alleged violation(s).
(3) If the -
Drien(s) is substántiated and subsequently cured, the City
so notify
personal
dly injured by such violation(s) and a notice
Shas
rosted the City's website that describes the corrective measure(s)
taken toy
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Jocess the relation(s) and no legal proceeding to remedy the alleged
violation(st pall be a
wed pursuant to Subsection (B) above.
(D).
Nothing in the Chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any individual's
its under
ite or federal laws.
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Section 12.22.080
serability
The provisions in this Chapter are severable, If any part or provision of this Chapter, or the
application of this Chapter to any person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent
surveillance
jurisdiction, the remainder of this Chapter shall not be affected by such holding and shall
continue to have full force and effect.
Section 12.22.090
Effective Date
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after
This Chapter shall take effect nine months
loption.
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Surveillance Technology Ordinance
Chapter 12.22
Section 12.22.010
Purpose
The purpose of this Chapter is 1o provide for the regulation of Surveillance Technology
acquisition or use by the City of Cambridge, to safeguard the right of individuals to privacy, to
balance the public's right to privacy with the need to promote and ensure safety and security, to
provide protocols for use of Surveillance Technology that include specific steps to mitigate
potential impacts on the civil rights and liberties of any communities or groups including
balance any decision 1o
communities of color or other marginalized communities in the City
use Surveillance Technology with an assessment of the costs and protection of privacy, civil
liberties and civil rights, to allow for informed public discussio
before deploying Surveillance
Technology, to provide for transparency, oversight, and accountability, agg to minimize the risks
posed by use of Surveillance Technology in the City.
Section 12.22.020
Definitions
The following definitions apply to this Chapter:
means a written repoi
"Annual Surveillance Report"»
(A)
concerning specific
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Surveillance Technology that ind
all of the follow
yeilla
ology has been used.
(1)
A description of how the Str
ges, soun
including shether it captured
or information regarding
members
the
public who are not suspected of engaging in unlawful
Whether and
(2)
quited through the use of the Surveillance
nology was
lared with outside entities, the name of any recipient
type(s)
or data disclosed, under what legal standard(s) the
entity, Ther
and the justification for the disclosure;
information das discha
(3)
summary of community complaints or concerns about the Surveillance
any;
chnology,
The res
(4)
y of any non-privileged internal audits, any information about
violations of the Surveillance Use Policy, and any actions taken in
response:
Whether the Surveillance Technology has been effective at achieving its
(5)
identified purpose:
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(6)
(7) Total annual costs for the Surveillance Technology, including personnel and
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other ongoing costs, and what source of funding will fund the technology in
the coming year; and
(8)
Whether the civil rights and liberties of any communities or groups, including
communities of color or other marginalized communities in the City are
disproportionately impacted by the deployment of the Surveillance Technology.
(B)
this/her designee's
"Exigent Circumstances" means the Police Commissione
good faith belief that an emergency involving danger of d
h. physical injury, or
lance Technology or the
significant property damage or loss requires use of the
information it provides. The use of Surveillance Technolog
i Exigent
Circumstances shall not infringe upon an individua
sully protest.
right to pr
(C)
"Surveillance" means to observe or analyze the movements, behavior a
actions of identifiable individuals in a manner tbat is reasonably likely to
raise concerns about civil liberties, freedom of speech a
erociation, racia
aclude individuals
equity or social justice. Identifiable individuals also
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on combined with
whose identity can be revealed by license plate data
eif an individual
any other record. It is not surveil
ovingly and
voluntarily consented to provide the
mation, or had a cleand
conspicuous opportunity to opt out de provi
fuse informasion.
(D)
"Surveillance Datal" Theans any electronie data colleged, captured,
recorded, retainer
L processed, intercepted or analyzed by Surveillance
quired by the City or operated at the direction of the City.
Technology
"Surveillance Impe
(E)
neaps a publicly-released written report including
alan
mum the follow
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Information describing ta
Surveillance Technology and how it works;
(2)
dnformation on the proposed purpose(s) for the Surveillance Technology;
The locations)it may be deployed and when:
(3)
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the potential impacts) on privacy in the City: the potential impact on the civil
(4)
rights and liberties of any communities or groups, including. but noi limited to,
communities of color or other marginalized communities in the City, and a
description of whether there is a plan to address the impacts); and
Surveillance
(5)
The fiscal costs for the Surveillance Technology, including initial purchase.
personnel and other ongoing costs, and any current or potential sources of
funding
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(F)
"Surveillance Technology" means any electronic surveillance device,
hardware, or software that is capable of collecting, capturing, recording,
retaining, processing, intercepting, analyzing, monitoring, or sharing audio,
visual, digital, location, thermal, biometric, or similar information or
communications specifically associated with, or capable of being
associated with, any specific individual or group; or any system, device, or
vehicle that is equipped with an electronic surveillance device, hardware,
or software.
to:
"Surveillance Technology" includes, but is not lim
International mobile subscriber identit
IMSI)
ebers and
(a)
other cell site simulators;
(b)
Automatic license plate read
Electronic toll readers;
(c)
(d)
Closed-circuit telarision cameras except us otherwise
provided herein:
Biometric Surveillance Techno
(e)
including facial, voice,
:.:
iris, and gait-recognition softsvare and
databases;
(f)
lobile DIA capture technology:
(g)
Gunshot defection and location hardware and services;
a ray van
Videb and audio
(i)
ponitoring and/or recording technology,
such
a surveillance cameras and wearable body cameras:
Surveiftance enabled or capable lightbulbs or light fixtures;
(k)
ols, including software and hardware, used to gain
arauthorized access to a computer, computer service. or
computer network;
(1)
Social media monitoring software:
(m)
Through-the-wall radar or similar imaging technology;
(л)
Passive scanners of radio networks;
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(0)
Long-range Bluetooth and other wireless-scanning devices;
(p).
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) scanners; and
(9)
Software designed to integrate or analyze data from
Surveillance Technology, including surveillance target
tracking and predictive policing software.
2.
For the purposes of this Chapter, "Surveillance
Technology" does not include the following device
O become
unless they have been equipped with, or are modified
¿ above
or include, a Surveillance Technology as defin
(a)
Routine office hardware, such televisions, computer
and printers, that are in wides
read public use and will no
related
be used for any surveillaned or surveillan
functions;
(b)
Parking Ticket Datices ("PTDs") and velated databases;
(C)
Manually-operated, Hon-wearable, handheld digital
Forecorders that are not
cameras, audio recordes, and
Mose functionality
designed to be used surreptinously an
151
manually captering and manually downloading
fideo andlor audio recordin
BS:
Sur cillance devices that canoot record or transmit audio
(d)
or video or
be remor
bessed, such as image stabilizing
binocula
it night vision goggles;
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City databases
I'do not and will not contain any data or
(e)
otherinformation collected, captured, recorded, retained,
procesteel, intercepted, or analyzed by Surveillance
Technology;
(f)
Mentally-operated technological devices that are used
primarily for internal City communications and are not
"designed to surreptitiously collect Surveillance Data, such
as radios and email systems:
(g)
Parking access and revenue control systems. including
proximity card readers and transponder readers at City-
owned or controlled parking garages; and
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(h)
Electronic card readers and key fobs lised by City
employees and other authorized persons for access to City-
owned or controlled buildings and property.
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following Surveillance Technology is
exempt from the requirements of this Chapter:
a)
Information acquired where the individual knowingly and
, sush as
voluntarily consented to provide the informat
submitting personal information for the rec
Lof City
services;
ted
Information acquired where the individuat was pres
with a clear and conspicuous opportunity to opt out o
providing the information;
Cameras installed in or on a pollo
except cameras
with license plate reading technolog
rut to state law an
Cameras installed
aLization in or
on any vehicle or ald
blis right-of-way solely to
record traffic violation
stalled on City property sofely for security
urposes, Tipluding closed aircuit television cameras
catalled by the City to monitor entryways and outdoor
areas of Ci
owned or controlled buildings and property
for the purpose of poi
ung access, maintaining the
safety of
Cily employees and visitors to City buildings,
Protecting City property;
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cameras including closed circuit television
secunty
cameras installed by the City to monitor cashiers' windows
and otbar cash-handling operations and to maintain the
safety of City employees and visitors to such areas:
ameras installed solely to protect the physical integrity of
City infrastructure: or
h)
Technology that monitors only City employees in response
to complaints of wrongdoing or in order to prevent waste,
fraud, or abuse of City resources.
4.
The following situations are exceptions to the requirements of this Chapter:
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a)
Surveillance conducted pursuant to a warrant using
previousiy approved Surveillance Technology.
Surveillance conducted pursuant to a warrant using
previously approved Surveillance Technology is excepted
from the requirements of 12.22.030(B) and 12.22.060(A)
where: i) the City is prohibited from publicly releasing
information pertaining to the surveillance under federal or
state law, or pursuant to a Court Order; or ii) the Pofice
Commissioner has determined that the rele
sof
information pertaining to the surveillane
sWOu
at the
compromise public safety and security
information is released in the nex
1a% Surveilla
Report following the Police Coramissioner's determin
that public safety and securit
concerns pertaining to the
release of such informatiof no
b)
In the event of an emergency situatron that poses an
significant
imminent risk of death or bodily harm
damage or loss, a
epartment head ma
witha the
approval of the City
Managut, acquire Survellenice
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Technology without pror City
ancil approval, for the
Amitiga
sole purpose of preventing
Stich risk, if the
read reasonabry believes the acquisition of
urveillance Technology will result in reduction of the
The department's use of Syrveillance Technology
mus
a such risk no longer exists or the use of the
Surven
ce Teenng
sm no longer reasonably reduce
e risk.
he use must be documented in the department's
nual Surveilance Report, and any future acquisition or
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use of such Sum
Hance Technology must be approved by
the C
Council as set forth in this Chapter.
A Cityjaepartment head may, with the approval of the City
Mana
er, apply a technical patch or upgrade that is
essary to mitigate threats to the City's environment.
He department shall not use the new surveillance
capabilities of the technology until the requirements of
Section 12.22.030 are met, unless the City Manager
determines that the use is unavoidable: in that case, the
department head shall request City Council approval as
soon as possible. The request shall include a report to the
City Council of how the altered surveillance capabilities
were used since the time of the upgrade.
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(G)
"Surveillance Use Policy" means a publicly-released policy for the City's use of the
Surveillance Technology, approved by the City Solicitor and the City Manager, and
submitted to and approved by the City Council. The Surveillance Use Policy shall at a
minimum specify the following:
(1)
Purpose: The specific purpose(s) for the Surveillance Technology.
(2)
Authorized Use: The uses that are authorized, the rules and processes
required before that use, and the uses that are prohibi
(3)
Data Collection: The information that can be g
Hected by the Surveillance
Technology.
(4)
Data Access: The individuals who cafraccess or use the collecte
the
information, and the rules and prog
required before access or
information.
(5)
Data Protection: The safeguards that protect information from unauthorized
s-control, and access-
access, including, but not l
to, encryption, a
oversight mechanisms.
(6)
Data Retentien The time perio
Any, for
ich information collected by
the Surveitlance
cahnology will be routinely fetained, the reason that retention
pero appropriato furher the urposes), the process by which the
as regularly deleted atter
tant period lapses, and the conditions thal
must be met to reta
intermation beyond that period.
Pubhe
ess: liana how collected information can be accessed by
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the puble, mcleding criminal defendants.
(8)
Third-Party Data-Sharing: If and how other City or non-City entities
access or
e the information, including any required justification
ant
egal standard necessary to do so, and any obligation(s) imposed
on the
prént of the information.
(9)
Training: The training, if any, required for any individual authorized to use
the Surveillance Technology or to access information collected by the
Surveillance Technology, including whether there are training materials.
(10)
Oversight: The mechanisms to ensure that the Surveillance Use Policy is
followed, including, but not limited to, identifying personnel assigned 1o
ensure compliance with the policy, internal record keeping of the use of the
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technology or access to information collected by the Surveillance
Technology, technical measures to monitor for misuse, any independent
person or entity with oversight authority, and the sanctions for violations of
the policy.
(H)
"Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy" means a policy governing a City
departments)'s use of a specific Surveillance Technology not already covered under the
City's Surveillance Use Policy, approved by the City Solicitor a
e City Manager, and
brider Section
submitted to the City Council with a Surveillance Impact Report
12.22.030(A), 12.22.030(B), or 12.22.040 of this Chapte
Technology-Specific
MISIOn
Surveillance Use Policy shall not conflict with any pre
e City's Surveillance
Use Policy.
Section 12.22.030
Acquisition of Surveillance Technology
City Departments Other than the Police
(A)
Eparters Unless it is not
reasonably possible or feasible to do so (eg
axigent Circumstances, a natural
any department head other
disaster, or technological Problems prevent it,
than the Police Commissione
cing approval un
¿Section 12.22.030 of this
Cat
oil a Surveillance Impact Report, and, if
Chapter must submit to the Cy
necessary, a Technology-Specile Surv
Toe Use Policy pertaining to the specific
pproval
Surveillance Technology for which
yght and obtain City Council
approval before-doing any of the following:
funds for Surveillance Ter
(1)
Seeking
heblogy, including but not limited to,
applying fo
Faccepting state or federal funds, or in-kind or orher
Acquiring new Surve
ee Technology, including but not limited to
procuring th
Surveillance Technology without the exchange of
Cmonies or other consideration;
(3)
Using Surveilance Technology for a purpose, in a manner, or in a location
nol p
sousty approved: or
(4)
Entering into an agreement with a non-City entity to acquire, share. or
otherwise use Surveillance Technology or the information it provides.
(B)
Police Departmen. Other than with respect to Surveillance Technology limited to
use in Exigent Circumstances in law enforcement investigations and prosecutions as
specifically defined in Section 12.22.040 of this Chapter, the Police Commissioner
must submit a Surveillance Impact Report, and, if necessary, a Technology-
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Specific Surveillance Use Policy pertaining to the specific Surveillance Technology for
which approval is sought to the City Council and obtain City Council approval,
before doing any of the following:
(A)
Seeking funds for Surveillance Technology, including but not limited to,
applying for a grant, or accepting state or federal funds, or in-kind or other
donations;
But not limited to
(B)
Acquiring new Surveillance Technology, including
onies or other
procuring that technology without the exchanged
consideration;
Using Surveillance Technology for a parpose, in a manner orin a location
(3)
not previously approved; or
or
Entering into an agreement with a non
o acquire, shape,
(4)
otherwise use Surveillance Technology.
veillance Technology.
(C)
acquisition of
In approving, and/or disapproving
ofs right to privacy as well
the City Council shall consider thesafeguarding of individ
the Poljee Department and promoting
as the investigative and prosecutorial functions
and ensuring the safety and security of the general
Any Surveillas
(D)
ce impact Report, and, if necessary. Technology-Specific Surveillance
Use Policy submi
fled to the City Council under Section 12.22.030(A) or 12.22.030(B)
shall be made puble
alf no tewer lhan seven (7) calendar days prior to the date
of the
discussed.
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Temporary
22.22.040
Section
quisition and Use of Surveillance Technology in
Exigent Circumstances
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, the Police Department may temporarily
acquire or temporatity use
Irveillance Technology in Exigent Circumstances without
this Chapter before that acquisition or use. However, if the
following the provisio
Police Department
requires or uses Surveillance Technology in Exigent Circumstances
under this Section, the Police Commissioner must (1) report that acquisition or use to the City
Council in writing within 90 days following the end of those Exigent Circumstances: (2)
submit a Surveillance Impact Report, and, if necessary, a Technology-
Specific Surveillance Use Policy to the City Council regarding that Surveillance
Technology within 90 days following the end of those Exigent Circumstances: and (3)
include that Surveillance Technology in the Police Department's next Annual Surveillance
Report to the City Council following the end of those Exigent Circumstances. If the
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Police Commissioner is unable to meet the 90-day timeline to submit a Surveillance
Impact Report, and, if necessary, a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use
Policy to the City Council, the Police Commissioner may notify the City Council in writing
of his or her request to extend this period. The City Council may grant extensions beyond
the original 90-day timeline to submit a Surveillance Impact Report, and, if
necessary, a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy. Any
Ordinance)
Surveillance Impact Report, and, if necessary, Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy
submitted to the City Council under this Section shall be made publiety available no fewer
than seven (7) calendar days prior to the date of the Council meeting where it shall be
discussed.
Section 12.22.050 Compliance for Existing Surveillan
Technologies
review and
(A)
The City Manager shall submit to the City Council for
-City
approval a proposed Surveillange
be Policy applicable to
reilland
department that possesses or uses S
Technology before the
and acquisition of Surveillance
effective date of this Chapter or for future
Technology, no later than one-hundred eight
$ 80) days following the
effective date of this Chapter, for review and a
pprovai by the City Council.
meet this 180-8g
If the City Manager is un
timeline, he or she may
notify the City Council in waiting of
or her request to extend this period.
The City Council may grant an ext
ASIOND We city Manager to submit a
rellance Use Po
proposed
Any Surgeillance Use Policy submitted
under Section 1202:050 shall be made publicly available no fewer than seven
(7) çal
der days prior to the date
of the Council meeting where it shall be
discussed
(B
hrapprowing ordenying the Strveillance Use Policy, the City Council shall
balance the safeguarding of individuats' right to privacy as well as the
and prost
investigative
storial function of the Police Department and promoting
sately and security of the general public. To the extent the City
and ensuring
Manager determines that approving or disapproving the Surveillance Use
y would unlawfully obstruct the investigative or prosecutorial functions of
the
artment, the City Council shall simply receive and discuss the
portions of the Surveillance Use Policy.
applica
Section 12.22.060
Oversight Following City Council Approval
(A)
(1) A City department head who has obtained approval for the use of
Surveillance Technology or the information it provides under Section
12.22.030 or Section 12.22.040 of this Chapter, must submit an Annual
Surveillance Report within twelve (12) months of City Council approval, and
annually thereafter on or before March I.
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(2) Where the Police Department has submitted a Surveillance Impact Report,
and, if necessary, a Technology-Specific Surveillance Use Policy that the
Council has not approved prior to the Police Department's use of the
Survelliance Technology, the Police Department must still submit an Annual
Surveillance Report within twelve (12) months of the City Council's
receipt of the Surveillance Impact Report, and annually thereafter on or
before March 1.
is section shall be
(3) Any Annual Surveillance Report submitted unde
made publicly available no fewer than seven (7)
calendar days prior to the
issed.
date of the Council meeting where it shall be
(B)
noce Report, the
Based upon information provided in the Annag! Surve
City Council shall determine whether fre benefits to the Impacted City
departments) and the community ine Surgeillance Teched nable
and whether f
outweigh the financial and oper
safeguards exist to address reasonable
Ms Tegarding privacy, civil
liberties, and civil rights impacted by deployment of the Surveillance
coipated benefits do not
Technology. If the benetits or reasonably an
er operational de
outweigh the financial a
oracivil liberties or civil
council may (1)
rights are not reasonably safeguardor the City
recommend modifications to the Sur
Tance use Policy that are designed
to address the Gily Council's Coneerns to the City Manager for his
consideration;
for (2) requesta report back from the City Manager
tan
to address
is steps
the City Council's concerns; and/or (3)
regard
recomme
to the City Manager
eit use of the Surveillance Technology
cease.
No later
n May
3N of each year, the City Council shail hold a meeting
to discuss
City de
¿tients' Annual Surveillance Reports, and shall
publicly relezse, a report that includes a summary of all requests for approval
of Surveillance Impact Reports received by the City Council during
prior
dear pursuant to Section 12.22.030 or Section 12.22.040 of
this
Including whether the City Council approved, disapproved, or
require
Sodifications to the Surveillance Impact Report.
Section 12.22.070
Enforcement
(A)
Enforcement Officials. This Chapter shall be enforced by the City Manager or
his/her designee.
(B)
Violation. Any person injured by a violation of this Chapter may institute
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proceedings for injunclive relief, declaratory relief, or a court order in a court of
competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Chapter. subject to the
provisions of Subsection (C) below. Any action initiated under this Subsection
(B) shail be brought against the City of Cambridge, but not against City
employees. No monetary damages or award of attorneys' fees shall be allowed
in any legal proceeding for any alleged injuries arising out of any alleged
violation(s) of this Chapter
(C)
et Subsection (B) above
Notice and Procedure. (1) No legal proceeding un
shall be brought unless the City has first been g
ritten notice within thirty
(30) days of the alleged violation(s) addressed to the
Clerk and specifying:
• person(s) aegedy inju
(b) the date(s), time
and hias ande airesed violation at es a detailed deiption of the
alleged injury.
roceeding under Subsection
(2) Prior to the initiation of any leg
B above,
is fr
the City shall be permitted ninety (90)
3 date of its repeipt of the
written notice of the alleged violation(s)
m which to investigate such
alleged violation(s) andsif substantiated, to
ect such alleged violation(s).
is substantiated an
(3) If the alleged violation
ubsequently cured, the City
violations) and a notice
shall so notify the person(s
ty injured by suc
proposed draft of Surveillance Technoloy Ordinance)
iyebsite
shall be posted on the City's
teescribesthe corrective measure(s)
taken to address the violation and no lege
roceeding to remedy the alleged
violation!
Ibe allowed pu
stant to Subsection (B) above.
(D)
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any individual's
rights under state ordederal laws.
Section 11
reyerabe
Thespio
pable. If any part or provision of this Chapter, or the
dions in this Chapten are sev
application afthis Chapter to
ay person or circumstance, is held invalid by a court of competent
his Chapter shall not be affected by such holding and shall
jurisdiction, heremainder of
continue to havodull force arteffect.
Section 12.22.090
lective Date
This Chapter shall take effect nine months after its adoption.
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ATTACHMENT B
Massachusetts
ACLU
[email removed]
OVERSIGHT
Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts
SURVEILLANCE
state, enabling new forms of surveillance and control.
THREATENS DEMOCRACY
Technology changes the balance of power between the people and the
SECRETIVE SURVEILLANCE
UNACCOUNTABLE,
Once
now trivial.
Justice Roberts, Supreme Court, Carpenter v. US
ankle monitor to the phone's user. Moreover, the
impossible,
to retrace a person's whereabouts, subject only to the
maintain records for up to five years. Critically, because
this newfound tracking capacity runs against everyone."
retention polices of the wireless carriers, which currently
location information is continually logged for all of the 400
by a dearth of records and the frailties of recollection. With
achieves near pertect surveillance, as if it had attached an
category of information otherwise unknowable. In the past,
to persons who might happen to come under investigation-
attempts to reconstruct a person's movements were limited
access to CSLI, the Government can now travel back in time
million devices in the United States-not just those belonging
retrospective quality of the data here gives police access to a
*[W]hen the Government tracks the location of a cell phone it
• Drones
• Predictive policing
• Social media spying
• License plate readers
• Surveillance cameras
• Info sharing databases
• Audio recording devices
• Face tracking technologies
• Biometric fingerprint readers
Federal grants, little local oversight
protesters
• Info sharing with ICE
information in secret
Matter, Muslim groups
people exercising religion
Civil rights
in the dark
• Fusion centers collect and share
• Use of facial recognition to track
• Use of license plate readers to track
• Social media surveillance of Black Lives
violations occur
BLACK
[ODA)
CLU
PROTECTING OPEN
Engaging local elected officials, creating a process to solicit public input
and feedback, and ensuring community control.
CENTURY
SOCIETY IN THE 21ST
Surveillance Use Policy.
without fear of retribution.
appropriate for the city, as well as how they will be used.
Necessary changes to existing draft
aware of violations of the law are able to alert the proper authorities
• The ordinance must protect whistleblowers to ensure City employees
• City council must have ultimate authority to revoke authorization for a
the ordinance, should they discover any entity in the City has violated it.
previously approved technology, as well as suggest modifications to any
• Individuals must be able to take legal action to protect their rights under
• City council must have ultimate authority to decide what technologies are
ATTACHMENTC
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
mayor@cambridgema.gov
Marc C. McGovern
Phone: [phone removed]
Mayor
Fax: [phone removed]
August 13, 2018
Amendments to Chapter 12.22 Surveillance Technology Ordinance
To the Honorable, the City Council:
Please find below two amendments to Chapter 12.22 Surveillance Technology Ordinance. The first offers
changes to Section 12.22.070 "Enforcement" to adopt key portions of the ACLU's amendments while
retaining compromise language offered by the City in their latest draft. This includes preserving a court's
ability to award attorney's fees if it finds the City did injure a person in violation of the surveillance
ordinance, and inserting a so-called "Whistle-blower" provision, both recommended by the ACLU. The
second simply removes all gender references and replaces "his/her" with "their."
Improving Enforcement Section
Enforcement
Section 12.22.070
(A) Enforcement Officials. This Chapter shall be enforced by the City Manager or his/her designee.
(B) Violation. Any person injured by a violation of this Chapter may institute proceedings for
injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or a court order in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce
the provisions of this Chapter, subject to the provisions of Subsection (C) below. Any action
initiated under this Subsection (B) shall be brought against the City of Cambridge, but not against
City employees. No monetary damages or award of atterneys' fees shall be allowed in any legal
proceeding for any alleged injuries arising out of any alleged violation(s) of this Chapter.
(C) Notice and Procedure. (1) No legal proceeding under Subsection (B) above shall be brought
unless the City has first been given written notice within thirty (30) days of the alleged
violation(s) addressed to the City Clerk and specifying: (a) the name and address of the person(s)
allegedly injured; (b) the date(s), time and place(s) of the alleged violation(s); and (c) a detailed
description of the alleged injury.
(2) Prior to the intiation of any legal proceeding under Subsection (B) above, the City shall be
permitted ninety (90) days from the date of its receipt of the written notice of the alleged
violation(s) within which to investigate such alleged violation(s) and, if substantiated, to correct
such alleged violation(s).
(3) If the alleged violation(s) is substantiated and subsequently cured, the City shall so notify the
person(s) allegedly injured by such violation(s) and a notice shall be posted on the City's website
that describes the corrective measure(s) taken to address the violation(s) and no legal proceeding
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to remedy the alleged violation(s) shall be allowed pursuant to Subsection (B) above.
(D) No municipal entity or anyone acting on behalf of a municipal entity may take or fail to take, or
threaten to take or fail to take, a personnel action with respect to any employee or applicant
for employment, including but not limited to discriminating with respect to compensation, terms.
conditions, access to information, restrictions on due process rights, privileges of employment, or
civil or criminal liability, because the employee or applicant was perceived to, about to, or
assisted in any lawful disclosure of information concerning the funding, acquisition, or
deployment of Surveillance Technology or sharing of surveillance data to any relevant municipal
agency, municipal law enforcement, prosecutorial, or investigatory office, or City Council
member, based upon a good faith belief that the disclosure evidenced a violation of this Act.
(E) (D) Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to limit or affect any individual's rights under
state or federal laws.
Making Chapter 12.22 Surveillance Technology Ordinance Gender-Neutral
Replacing "his," "his or her," and "his/her" wherever they may appear with "their," including but not
limited to the following references:
• 12.22.020 Definitions (B) "Exigent Circumstances"
• 12.22.040 Temporary Acquisition and Use of Surveillance Technology in Exigent Circumstances
•
12.22.050 Compliance for Existing Surveillance Technologies (A)
• 12.22.060 Oversight Following City Council Approval (B)
• 12.22.070 Enforcement (A)
Best Regards,
Nine Mle
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AMACHMONTD
ACLU
August 13, 2018
MA
ACLU TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF SURVEILLANCE OVERSIGHT ORDINANCE
On behalf of our over 100,000 members and activists statewide, the ACLU of Massachusetts writes
in support of an ordinance to require City Council oversight of City surveillance. The ACLU thanks
the City Manager, City Solicitor, Mayor, and Council for the work they have done to get us closer tr
a strong ordinance, and here offers specific feedback on how to strengthen the draft ordinance the
City submitted to the Council in advance of today's hearing.
ACLU recommendations for strengthening the City draft ordinance
Again, we are grateful for the substantial work that has been done to produce the draft ordinance
before your committee today. We see it as a solid basis for a comprehensive ordinance, and offer
some specific suggestions to strengthen the language, to ensure it achieves the goal of establishing
community oversight ot survellance technology acquisitions and use in Cambridge. The following
language adjustments, if enacted by this Committee, will ensure the ordinance achieves its goals:
1. On page 1, section 12.22.010 could be tightened to read:
"The purpose of this Chapter is to provide City Council oversight and regulation of
Surveillance Technology acquired or used by the City of Cambridge; to safeguard civil rights
and civil liberties, advance racial justice, and protect public safety; and to provide residents of
Cambridge with the opportunity to meaningfully contribute to decision-making processes
related to the acquisition and use of Surveillance Technology by the City of Cambridge."
2. On page 8, section 12.22.030 (A):
strike "Unless it is not reasonably possible or feasible to do so..." and begin that sentence
with "Any department head other than the Police Commissioner seeking approva..."
3. On page 9, section 12.22.030 (C) should be changed to read:
"In approving or denying any proposal to use or acquire Surveillance Technology, the City
Council shall consider the safeguarding of civil rights and civil liberties as well as public
safety."
4. On page 10, section 12.22.050 (B) should be changed to read:
"In approving or denying the Surveillance Use Policy, the City Council shall consider the
importance of safeguarding individuals' civil rights and civil liberties, as well as the Police
Department's responsibility to ensure public safety."
5. On page 11, section 12.22.060 (B) should be changed to read:
"Based on information provided in the Annual Surveillance report, the City Council shall
determine whether any specific Surveillance Technology is a benefit to the City. In making
this determination, the Council shall consider the Surveillance Technology's operational,
financial, and civil rights and civil liberties costs, as well as any public safety or other benefits
to the City. If the benefits do not outweigh the costs, or the Council determines the use of
the Survellance Technology infringes on civil rights or civil liberties, the Council may (1)
withdraw Council authorization for use of a Surveillance Technology; (2) request
modifications to the Surveillance Use Policy designed to address the Council's concerns;
and/or (3) request a report from the City Manager addressing the Council's concerns."
6. On page 12, section 12.22.070 should be changed to read:
"(A) Any violation of this Act, including but not limited to funding, acquiring, OI
deployment of Surveillance Technology that has not been authorized pursuant to this Act or
utilizing Surveillance Technology in a manner or for a purpose that has not been
approved pursuant to this Act, constitutes an injury and any person may institute
proceedings for injunctive relief, declaratory relief, writ of mandate, or evidence
suppression in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce this Act.
(B) A court shall award costs and reasonable attorneys' fees to the plaintiff who is the
prevailing party in an action brought to enforce this Act.
(C) Municipal employees or agents shall not use any Surveillance Technology except in a
manner consistent with policies approved pursuant to the terms of this Act, and may in no
circumstances utilize Surveillance Technology in a manner which is discriminatory,
viewpoint-based, or violates the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights or United States
Constitution. Any municipal employee who violates the provisions of this Act, or any
implementing rule or regulation, may be subject to disciplinary proceedings and
punishment. For municipal employees who are represented under the terms of a collective
bargaining agreement, this Act prevails except where it conflicts with the collective
bargaining agreement, any memorandum of agreement or understanding signed pursuant to
the collective bargaining agreement, or any recognized and established practice relative to the
members of the bargaining unit.
(D) No municipal entity or anyone acting on behalf of a municipal entity may take or fail to
take, or threaten to take or fail to take, a personnel action with respect to any employee or
applicant for employment, including but not limited to discriminating with respect to
compensation, terms, conditions, access to information, restrictions on due process rights,
privileges of employment, or civil or criminal liability, because the employee or applicant was
percelved to, about to, or assisted in any lawful disclosure of information concerning the
funding, acquisition, or deployment of Survelliance Technology or sharing of surveillance
data to any relevant municipal agency, municipal law enforcement, prosecutorial, or
investigatory office, or City Council member, based upon a good faith belief that the
disclosure evidenced a violation of this Act."
We hope the Ordinance Committee and the full Council will support a strong surveillance oversight
ordinance, and we welcome the opportunity to answer questions and be a resource to the City
throughout this process. Thank you.
Kade Crockford
Director
Technology for Liberty Program
ACLU of Massachusetts
[email removed]
AttACHmeNTE
THE ATTACHED FORM LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE ACLU'S
PREFERRED MODIFICATIONS TO THE CITY'S SURVEILLANCE
DRAFT ORDINANCE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE FOLLOWING
PERSONS FOR ORDINANCE COMMITTEE HEARING HELD ON
AUGUST 13, 2018:
Thomas Chen, 1105 Massachusetts Avenue
Ryan Houlette, 11 Newman Street
April Stone, 304 Harvard Street
Louise Hogan, 51 Museum Street
Robb Johnson, 20 Fairmont Avenue
Toni Tiemann, 64 North Beacon Street, Allston, MA
Rebecca Popp, 698 Green Street
Aviva Musicus, 18 Amory Street
Sam Auciello, 2 Norfolk Terrace
Marydale DeBor, 217 Lexington Avenue
Barbara Cowan, 5 Roberts Road
Caitlin Dickerson, 295 Harvard Street
Alisha Jansky, 6 Winslow Street
Anita McClellan, 50 Stearns Street
Pankaj Mehta, 217 Harvard Street
Alice lam, 149 Bishop Allen Drive
Veronica Saltzman, 10 Agassiz Street
Christine Cooper, 124 Oxford Street
Paul Titchener, 17 Richard Avenue
Louisa Kania, 175 Brattle Street
Lori Glass, 52 Washburn Avenue
Mary Ni, 18 Parkvale Avenue, Allston, MA
Eleanor Jones, 2 Sacramento Street
Deborah Sommer, 1530 Cambridge Street
Jeffrey Baron, 174 Garden Street
Namita M., 1156 Cambridge Street
Tara Anderson, 32 Suffolk Street
Susanna Chivian, 21 Cottage Street
Clara Hendricks, 6 Rice Circle
Robert Peterson, 975 Memorial Drive
Sarah Block, 24 Shepard Street
Susan Corcoran, 75 Cambridge Parkway
Justin Pagano, 39A Lee Street
Jessica Schmidt, 17 Laurel Street
AtTACHMENT F
August 13, 2018
Dear Cambridge City Council Ordinance Committee,
In advance of tonight's hearing, I would like to suggest several recommendations to strengthen
the proposed ordinance:
1. Page 2: the definition of surveillance seems to rely on the notion of personally
identifiable information (PII) as the definition of identifiability, with its discussion of
"identifiable individuals." But there are many ways for people to be re-identified and
tracked from superficially anonymous data, such as MAC address location records. Many
scholars have written about the failures of PIl as a privacy framework, and my report
"Open Data Privacy," published in 2017 through the Berkman Klein Center for Internet
and Society at Harvard, describes these issues in detail. I recommend replacing the
specific discussion of license plate readers with a more general statement, such as
"Identifiable individuals also include individuals whose identity can be revealed by data
when it is analyzed and/or combined with any other record."
2.
Page 5: I recommend broadening out the exemption on 3c to include police dashboard
cameras (which are in many ways equivalent to body cameras), any use of biometrics,
and any footage that is retained for investigatory or other purposes. These latter two
points hold for d-g as well; these cameras are fine under the current conditions and
specifications of their use, but any alterations should remove the exemption and prompt
the same requirements as any other surveillance technology.
Page 6, point b. The requirement for "emergency situation" should be made more
stringent and require a balancing act, not simply the reduction of risk. The sentence that
concludes with "reasonably believes the acquisition of the Surveillance Technology will
result in reduction of the risk," should be appended to include "when considered with the
public's right to privacy, the potential impacts on the civil rights and liberties of any
groups..., and the public's right to protest and free expression." It would also be good to
add the sentence that was added to the definition of Exigent Circumstances as well, "The
use of Surveillance Technology shall not infringe upon an individual's right to peacefully
protest". The phrasing of "can no longer reasonably reduce the risk" should similarly be
phrased as a balancing test against the potential harms of the surveiliance. Also, there
seems to be no limit on the window for which these emergency situations can remain in
place, potentially allowing the surveillance to continue without review and approval for a
long time. I recommend adding a time limit, such as 30 days, after which continued use
of the surveillance technology in emergency or exigent circumstances requires approval.
4. Page 6, point c. Specify that "the City's environment" means "the City's IT security
environment." That would more explicitly limit any updates w/o prior approval to
security issues.
Page 11. In point (1) of B, change the "his" in reference to the City Manager to his/her or
another gender-neutral term.
Thank you,
Ben Green
Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
PhD Candidate, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
ATTACNMENT G-1
Lopez, Donna
From:
Richard Stallman <[email removed]>
Sent:
Monday, August 13, 2018 2:29 PM
To:
Cc:
[email removed]; Kelley, Craig; Zondervan, Quinton
For the ordinance committee about the surveillance ordinance (1)
Subject:
Please forward this to the ordinance committee, and to the whole council, in the
ways that are appropriate.
To the ordinance committee and the whole City Council,
Section F.4(b) about "emergencies", as written, is an unlimited loophole that
would permit city employees to set this ordinance at naught, on their own sole
discretion, with no accounatbility unless they someday choose to inform the
council.
Section 12.22.040 has the weakness that the period for reporting the "emergency"
to the City Council starts only after the police decide the emergency is over. If
they never end the "temporary" use, they can keep it secret forever.
Damage to our privacy is real damage, as real as damage to our persons or our
physical property, and it can make us vulnerable to damage to our persons or
property. To make an emergency exception acceptable at all, it must be subject to
firm limits that are not at the discretion of the staff that create and eexcercise the
exception.
I propose these limits:
The emergency use of surveillance technology may not continue more
than three days without a specific court order specifying the
technology to be authorized and the targets it will be used on.
Within two months of the _start_ of the emergency use, the City
Council must be asked to approve the acquisition of that
surveillance technology.
If 5 months of the _start_ of the emergency use, the City Council
has not approved that technology. use must stop immediately.
When the City Council considers the use fo a specific surveillance,
and decides against it, it has the option to order that that
technology may, or may not, be used on an emergency basis
after that time.
Real accountability means substantially limiting the power of the state, especially
the police. Please do not allow extra surveillance on the strength of a vague,
unlikely and imponderable worst case threat scenarios. Worst case surveillance
threats are important, too, which is why we need the Fourth Amendment.
Richard Stallman
303 Third St
Cambridge MA
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ATTACHMENT G-2
From:
Richard Stallman <[email removed]>
Sent:
Monday, August 13, 2018 3:30 PM
To:
Cc:
[email removed]; Kelley, Craig; Zondervan, Quinton
Subject:
For the ordinance committee about the surveillance ordinance (2)
Please forward this to the ordinance committee, and to the whole council, in the
ways that are appropriate.
To the ordinance committee and the whole City Council,
The City Manager asks for a revision to the surveillance ordinance that would, in
effect, make compliance with the ordinance optional on the part of the city staff.
That change would make the ordinance ineffective -- more an act of theater than a
legal act. It behooves Cambridge to insist on real limits on surveillance.
The City Soilicitor saya that the Plan E government system makes real control over
the city's surveillance impossible. If that is the case, itfollows that Cambridge must
change to another plan for its city government, so as to recover democratic
control for the citizens.
However, the situation may not be as bad as claimed. Reportedly Plan E includes
this provision:
Section 106
Officers and employees of the city appointed by, or under the
authority of, the city manager shall perform the duties required
of them by the city manager, under general regulations of the city
council.
Perhaps this permits a real surveillance ordinance.
When a professional tells you "it can't be done"
, it is wise to seek a second
opinion. I suggest that the City Council engage an expert lawyer for the specific
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task of developing legal arguments to assert that the Council can indeed adopt a
surveillance ordinance with real authority over the actions of the city government.
Richard Stallman
303 Third St
Cambridge MA
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