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Susana Barrios
From:Katie Dillard <ukimwikatie@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, April
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Please read allowed_Public Comment: Vote no on adding cameras and
surveillance in OC
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I am writing today because I have been made aware that it it sthe intention of the Anaheim City
Council to vote on adding 72 ALPR cameras (Flock-style) to your survillance network in the city and
throughout Orange County. I vehemently say that the community does not want these cameras and
ask you to vote no on this addition. These cameras and the networks that support them are not
secure and create more safety and liability issues for the community and you as a council than any
benefit they may have for survelliance. The face validity of their use isn't even there as just having
videos doesn't improve public safety. Please use any additional funds for safety services to increase
services to people living in poverty or enhancing community safety patrols focused on watch dogging
aggressive use of force inappropriately by current safety workers. Use any funding saved to provdie
enhanced training to current safety staff around mental health deescalation or community focused
relationship and engagement support. Anything that is evidence based and science backed for
actually creating increased safety in our OC community but not increased camera survelliance that's
only benefit is to line the pockets of the system developers, further remove hyperlocal safety efforts
AND decrease support from real, trained human beings needed in our community.
thank you,
concerned oc resident
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