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Community Control Over Police Surveillance: Technology 101

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ACLU

  • New York, NY
  • membership@aclu.org
  • 212-549-2500

The proliferation in local police departments’ use of surveillance technology, which in most places has occurred without any community input or control, presents significant threats to civil rights and civil liberties that disproportionately impact communities of color and low-income communities. The nationwide “Community Control Over Police Surveillance” effort is looking to change that through legislation mandating that local communities are given a meaningful opportunity to review and participate in all decisions about if and how surveillance technologies are acquired and used locally.

Explore and learn more about this list of costly and invasive surveillance technologies that might be recording you, your family, and your neighbors right now.

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