San Diego’s Public Safety Committee voted Wednesday in favor of reauthorizing several technologies used by police, including automated license plate readers (ALPRs), sending the matter to the full City Council for a vote.

After more than two hours of public comment and debate, the committee voted 4-0 in favor of reauthorization of 54 technologies. The ALPRs garnered the most public comment both in favor and opposed, over privacy concerns, particularly about data sharing with other agencies. Several of the committee members’ questions and comment focused on prohibited access by federal agencies, with concerns about immigration enforcement and possible federal overreach top of mind.

Beginning in late 2023, San Diego installed about 500 ALPRs, which take about 3 million pictures of cars eve

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