Comment by mulmen
4 months ago
> I write this mostly to encourage people who have strong opinions about this stuff to get engaged locally. I did, I'm not particularly good at it (I'm a loud message board nerd), and I got what I believe to be the only ALPR General Order in Chicagoland written and what I know to be the only ACLU CCOPS ordinance in Illinois passed.
What’s an ALPR General Order and a ALCU CCOPS ordinance? How did you get them passed?
A General Order is a documented police policy.
Flock is an ALPR.
CCOPS is a model ordinance that requires board approval for any surveillance technology deployments.
Cool, thanks! Any suggestions on how to get something like that implemented in my city?
Find the most important message board or mailing list that politics in your municipality happens on. For us, it's 2-3 Facebook Groups (I wish it weren't, but it's not even a little up to me). Learn as much as you can about how things work, be generally helpful on the forums, volunteer when opportunities open up, get to know the people on your police oversight and technology boards (you probably have both), and start talking to them about this stuff.
Anybody interested in more details, you can reach out and I can shoot you our General Order. I should write this up somewhere.