Chicago police propose new rules for Flock, license plate readers

All right, CPD is revising their policy on license plate readers. This is a story that our Saquon has been following. So let's get over to her live to see what we know so far. Hey there, Sae. Hey, guys. Yeah, CPD just released their new draft policy on license plate readers and now asking for the public to weigh in. Now, guys, for the very first time, the department actually defines and discusses external ALPR systems, which is very important. That's been the whole focus of this investigation because it refers to third-party networks like Flock that the city does not technically own or operate. So far, our investigation has found CPD ran over 23,000 Flock searches in a three-month span through a third-party contract operating without dedicated ordinances or oversight. But under this newly released draft here, officers accessing this sort of data would now be required to enter a case number, the reason, and an explanation before running a search. It also shortens its internal data retention window from 365 days down to 30 days, although it does say in fine print that that would only apply to city-owned systems, not external networks like Flock. The proposed rules would also ban plate data from being shared with out-of-state agencies for immigration enforcement or reproductive health care investigations. We asked CPD for records that show any rules, training, manuals, data retention settings, and monthly search totals using Flock, including written restrictions on data sharing with immigration authorities. CPD denied our request, claiming redacting over 211,000 rows of data was unduly burdensome. Now, we do plan to narrow our search here and file another FOIA request asking for those similar records. But in the meantime, we are still waiting to hear directly from the mayor about this. We heard from the mayor's office a few weeks ago. They said that it's expected that he could talk about it sometime this week, potentially even next week. By the way, that public comment period is open right now on CPD's website through November 12th. Terrence Lauren.