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The city council of Seattle voted 8-1 on Tuesday for the approval of the use of GPS tracking devices in Seattle in Seattle in order to reduce dangerous high-speed police persecution hunts.
The approval of CB 120994 takes place under questions about the effectiveness of the technology and the concerns about the expansion of the surveillance skills.
The system based by Starchase in Virginia, which was built by Starchase in Virginia, uses compression clubs that are assembled on police vehicles to shoot battery GPS tracking projectiles during employment during employment and to theoretically enable them to monitor the location of the suspect from a distance.
The technology is financed by a state scholarship of $ 250,000, which covers the installation on 25 SPD vehicles and a two-year software subscription.
Other police departments in the state of Washington and the USA have tested star chase with different success. Last year the Oakland police authority said it would hire the use of the technology.
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According to a statement by the ACLU of Washington, as reported by the urbanist, supporters of the privacy of privacy could expand the power of the police and “enable monitoring without an arrest warrant”. The ACLU also said that it was concerned about the exchange of data and the privacy of people.
The draft law describes the use of the system as limited to vehicles, in which “probable cause or reasonable suspicion of participation in a crime was determined”.
The new law comes when the state of Washington has loosened the restrictions of the police considerably. Last year, legislators passed the initiative 2113, which enables the officials to pursue suspects based on the “reasonable suspicion” of crime and dramatically expand from previous laws that pursue only limited jobs on serious violence.
“This could be an incredible step for our city in relation to public security, since the question of persecution is important,” said council member Bob Kettle, who sponsored legislation, during the meeting on Tuesday.
The police's employment have become an increasingly urgent public security concerns nationwide. A study by San Francisco Chronicle last year showed that the police chase in the United States killed almost two people every day, while 551 spectators were killed in persecution hunts from 2017 to 2022.
“This is about giving a comprehensive approach for what we are doing,” said Kettle and found that the system is integrated into the new real -time criminal center of the SPD.
SPD uses various other technologies, including automated readers of license plate and CCTV cameras. An advance by Mayor Bruce Harrell to implement controversial firing identification technology has not been promoted last year.
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