Austin (KXAN) – According to an email sent to the members of the Austin City Council and the Ostin Kirk Watson, the city manager TC Broadnax will postpone a vote on whether or not the Austin Police can continue to use the readers’ readers or not.
City Director wrote:
“Although I can offer the comprehensive Austin Police Administration in the working session today regarding the technology of the automated license reader and I can confidence that APD can continue to use this tool in a responsible way that focuses on maintaining the safety of Ostinite, I am also sensitive to society’s concerns and distinguished questions from the city council members.
Fears of looking today, I decided to do soWithdrawThis element of the agenda at this time to provide more opportunities to address the questions of the members of the Council and to make our due care to reduce concerns before returning this element to the city council for consideration. “
It is not clear when the technology of the license board reader may return to the City Council for voting.
Kxan arrived at APD to respond. During a working session on Tuesday, APD explained to Dais why you find technology useful.
“This police station is short 300 officers. At the present time, we do not have enough officers [perform] The function we prefer to do without using technology to supplement [our] “Work,” said Austin Shieldon Eskio.
“Today we heard a strong testimony from the population, non -profit leaders, privacy experts, and many others,” Mike Siegel member said in a statement. “We are in an unprecedented time for authoritarian rule at government levels and federal levels, and we should not use the city of Austin to finance a collective monitoring tool that private companies, immigration authorities, and other external entities can use. I look forward to working with my colleagues in the council to support public safety strategies such risks to infection in our changing communication.”
You can read more about the contents of this working session and discuss here.