San Francisco cops want real-time access to private security cameras for surveillance
San Francisco lawmakers are mulling a proposed law that would allow police to use private security cameras – think: those in residential doorbells, medical clinics, and retail shops – in real time for surveillance purposes.
The 2019 law also limited the cops' access to and usage of real-time video footage from things like Internet-of-Things cameras and security CCTV, and the police department and mayor say thiswild weekend If approved, the draft ordinance would also allow SFPD to collect historical video footage to help conduct criminal investigations and those related to officer misconduct. The draft law currently stands as the following, which indicates the cops can broadly ask for and/or get access to live real-time video streams:
"What we'd like to do is be able to, in the appropriate circumstances, live monitor this activity as it's occurring, so we can have a better chance of apprehending those committing those acts," he said.
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