San Diego police held the first of nine community meetings today on the proposed use of smart streetlights to solve crimes. These are streetlights equipped with surveillance cameras and license-plate readers.
The program was shut down in 2020 after a community backlash. Now police want to restart it. KPBS reporter Alexander Nguyen is in Otay Mesa where one of those meetings was held with what community members have to say.
Police said evidence from these streetlights helped increased conviction rates, reduced violence and saved investigation time. She said AI has triggered false alerts before, and mainly on people of color. That's a concern for San Diego resident Omar Araiza as well. He was at the meeting to get some answers."I'm wondering what are the statistics that are being analyzed here in our district as well as the nine other districts to justify the decision-making process,” Araiza said.
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