At Wednesday's Public Safety Committee meeting, SDPD will argue that infrastructure issues such as power problems or objects blocking the camera view prevented installations of the technology at 42 locations.
A smart streetlight in the University Heights neighborhood of San Diego photographed on a sunny day, Oct. 15, 2023.
"During the installation process, SDPD discovered significant infrastructural issues that made installation at the proposed sites unfeasible," a city report on the issue reads."Additionally, changing conditions, crime statistics, or community concerns may necessitate movement of the technology.
According to the police, cameras will still not be allowed to monitor immigration buildings, reproductive centers such as Planned Parenthood, or places of worship, in accordance with the Transparent and Responsible Use of Surveillance Technology Ordinance signed into law last year. In a statement announcing the camera installations, the department said there was a 73% increase in hate crimes last year and highlighted recent potentially hate-related attacks at four Hillcrest businesses in which victims were shot with a pellet gun by suspects in a vehicle.
Privacy advocates say police are circumventing the typical approval process for new technologies by invoking the"exigent circumstances" section of the TRUST Ordinance.
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