CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to surveillance technology implementation; authorizing approval of uses and accepting the 2020 surveillance impact report and 2020 executive overview for the Seattle Police Department’s use of Situational Awareness Cameras Without Recording.
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WHEREAS, Section 14.18.020 of the Seattle Municipal Code (SMC), enacted by Ordinance 125376, requires City Council approval of a surveillance impact report (SIR) related to uses of surveillance technology, with existing/retroactive technology to be placed on a Master Technology List; and
WHEREAS, SMC 14.18.020 applies to the Situational Awareness Cameras Without Recording in use by the Seattle Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle Police Department conducted policy rule review and community review as part of the development of the SIR; and
WHEREAS, SMC 14.18.080, enacted by Ordinance 125679, provides for the Community Surveillance Working Group, composed of relevant stakeholders, to complete a privacy and civil liberties impact assessment for each SIR, and SMC 14.18.020 allows for a statement from the Chief Technology Officer in response to the Working Group’s privacy and civil liberties impact assessment; and
WHEREAS, development of the SIR, review by the Working Group and the Chief Technology Officer’s response has been completed; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to Ordinances 125376 and 125679, the City Council approves use of the Seattle Police Department’s Situational Awareness Cameras Without Recording and accepts the 2020 Surveillance Impact Report (SIR) for this technology, attached to this ordinance as Attachment 1, and the 2020 Executive Overview for the same technology, attached to this ordinance as Attachment 2.
Section 2. The Council requests the Seattle Police Department to report no later than the end of the fourth quarter of 2021 on the metrics provided to the Chief Technology Officer for use in the annual equity assessments of the Situational Awareness Cameras technology.
Section 3. The Council requests the Seattle Police Department to develop a policy or policies no later than the end of the 4th quarter of 2021 defining the purpose and only allowable uses of Situational Awareness Cameras Without Recording, included but not limited to restrictions on downloading or streaming images from a Situational Awareness Camera.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2021, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this ________ day of _________________________, 2021.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this ________ day of _________________, 2021.
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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2021.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - 2020 Surveillance Impact Report: Situational Awareness Cameras without Recording
Attachment 2 - 2020 Surveillance Impact Report Executive Overview: Situational Awareness Cameras without Recording