Part of the Bend Source Library. Civil liberties and watchdog analysis, government/legal/technical reference sources, and examples of how other cities have handled similar police-technology decisions.
Civil liberties, watchdog, and advocacy sources
- EFF: Street-Level Surveillance
- EFF: Automated License Plate Readers
- EFF: Automated License Plate Readers case page
- EFF: Beware the Bundle
- EFF: Axon’s Draft One Is Designed to Defy Transparency
- EFF: Anchorage Police Department — AI-Generated Police Reports Don’t Save Time
- ACLU: Community Control Over Police Surveillance
- ACLU: Community Control Over Police Surveillance Model Bill
- ACLU: CCOPS Technology 101 primer
- Brennan Center: Automatic License Plate Readers — Legal Status and Policy Recommendations
- Policing Project: Axon AI Ethics Board ALPR Report
- Policing Project: Axon AI Ethics Board Facial Recognition Report
- Policing Project: Statement of Resigning Axon AI Ethics Board Members
Government, legal, and technical sources
- Congressional Research Service: Facial Recognition Technology and Law Enforcement
- NIST: Face Recognition Vendor Test Part 3 — Demographic Effects
- NIST PDF: Face Recognition Vendor Test Part 3 — Demographic Effects
- NIST demographic effects overview page
- Oregon SB 1516 — Enrolled bill text (Oregon Legislative Assembly) — The enrolled text of Senate Bill 1516 (2026 session), which establishes mandatory requirements for law enforcement ALPR use in Oregon: authorized uses, 30-day data retention limits, search logging requirements, vendor audit publication, end-to-end encryption mandate (Section 7), and sanctuary law compliance provisions. The legislative anchor for all SB 1516 compliance analysis in this project.
Other city examples and oversight models
- Austin TRUST Act resolution backup document
- FOX 7 Austin: Austin City Council passes TRUST Act
- CBS Austin: Austin City Council to act on surveillance technology
- City of Mountain View statement on ALPR data access
- Mountain View Voice: unauthorized access to license plate data
- Local News Matters: Mountain View police allege unauthorized federal use
- KOLD: Pima County supervisors reject $45 million AI contract
- KJZZ: No AI report-writing software for Pima County Sheriff
- C&G Newspapers: Ferndale to work on policies to strengthen ALPR camera oversight