City officials are currently navigating the implementation of State Bill 6002, which regulates the use of automated license plate readers. While the city supports the policy's goal of preventing license plate data from being shared with or sold to ICE, staff are struggling to operationalize new restrictions regarding camera proximity to schools and healthcare centers. The bill also introduces complex requirements around parking enforcement, data retention, and audit trails that the city is actively working to address.
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City Council Workshops · Apr 13, 2026 · 21:28–22:10 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: data retention license plate reader
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20:24 on munitions or quite frankly if it's really, really cold and you're out doing some law enforcement and below certain temperatures. There are some exceptions around that. Also around like surgical masks or firefighting equipment but for -- it also puts in a civil action. So if you are an individual who is approached by a law enforcement officer who is not properly identified, I know the city actually because I follow you on social media did an excellent social media campaign on law enforcement identification. I can't remember like all seven signs. But I know that Vancouver police department have their hat and badge.
21:19 But if some other agency, not as responsible as Vancouver police were to have their face covered and approached an individual they have a course of action. 6002 was around license plate readers. And we at the staff level are still parsing out some of the implementation issues. I think broadly from a policy perspective the notion that the city of Vancouver wouldn't be like reading license plates and then selling that information to ICE or giving that information to ICE I think is something that we all understand and appreciate. But in terms of some of the
22:17 restrictions on like vicinity and proximity to like schools or healthcare centers or things like that is challenging to figure out how to actually operationalize. And so I know we're still sorting through that. I know there's been some conversations about parking and parking enforcement and using the bill explicitly states you can. But it also has been a lot of provisions that make it tricky around data retention and audit trails and things like that. So more to come on that. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some refinement on that bill next year just because of some of the unintended consequences. And so like
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signs. But I know that Vancouver police department have their hat and badge. But if some other agency, not as responsible as Vancouver police were to have their face covered and approached an individual they have a course of action. 6002 was around license plate readers. And we at the staff level are still parsing out some of the implementation issues. I think broadly from a policy perspective the notion that the city of Vancouver wouldn't be like reading license plates and then selling that in