In just its second board meeting, San Diego's new Privacy Advisory Board was tasked with deciding whether to recommend the use of controversial Smart Streetlights to the city council.
The San Diego Police Department said the Smart Streetlight program produced effective crime-fighting results, but criticism over oversight and implementation of the program mounted at the program shuttered after a little more than a year.Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
Only law enforcement with a reason and a right under state law would have access to stored files, which could be shared with other law enforcement agencies when necessary. "Ultimately, I hope they decide against it, but I think taking more time and taking more community input, I think it is the right thing to do given their position, given what the board is supposed to be doing," resident Salem MacIntosh said.
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