马萨诸塞州布里斯托尔县新贝德福德市市长米切尔10月28日表态否决车牌识别禁令:拟推警长起草的严格使用条例

据 South Coast 360 于10月30日报道,新贝德福德市市长乔恩·米切尔表示,他将否决市议会通过的禁止车牌识别摄像头的条例,并将向市议员提交一份由警察局长起草的替代条例,允许警方在“相当严格的规范”下使用这类摄像头。米切尔是在每周电台节目“与市长共度周三”中作此表态的,当时一名听众问及,在放弃使用 Flock Safety 公司设备后,该市是否会改用其他摄像头。市议会于10月22日以8比3的投票通过了禁令,禁止 Flock 及其他自动车牌识别技术。警察局已于今年8月暂停使用 Flock Safety 技术,并于10月23日确认不再续签 Flock 合同,该合同将于11月12日到期。米切尔表示,替代条例将采纳警察局长9月致市议员信中提出的使用规则。市议会如要推翻市长的否决,需要全体议员三分之二的票数。市议会下一次相关会议定于11月12日举行,条例委员会将于11月18日开会,车牌识别摄像头在新贝德福德市的未来仍有待这两场会议决定。
Massachusetts City of New Bedford Uses License Plate Readers to Track Stolen Vehicles and Generate Alerts; Civil Liberties Groups Demand Oversight
The southeastern Massachusetts fishing port of New Bedford, in Bristol County, is using automated license plate readers to track stolen vehicles and generate alerts, with plate data retained under rules that limit broad access, officials say. Supporters point out that Massachusetts law authorizes law enforcement to use the technology with limits on data retention.
Civil liberties advocates counter that the Fourth Amendment and privacy interests require meaningful oversight, clear retention policies and accountability for misuse, arguing that mass scanning collects data on everyone, not only suspects, and that data sharing with immigration or out-of-state law enforcement demands special care. The debate echoes national disputes as more cities deploy plate-reader networks; some states have adopted audit and retention rules, and New Bedford officials say they will report retention and error data to reduce public concern.
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图片来源:图:马萨诸塞州新贝德福德市。Kenneth C. Zirkel 摄,CC BY-SA 4.0,经 Wikimedia Commons。 / New Bedford, Massachusetts. Photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

