ALPR oversight resolution

Supported holding the item and the amendments, praising contract term limits, due diligence, reporting requirements, and city-held encryption keys, while noting the amendments cover only one of six core safeguards.

Urged adoption of the amendments after review, detailed specific clauses, and defended the 12-month moratorium as a trust-building pause that doesn't block research.

Said he chose to buy his first home in Appleton because it feels safe without license plate readers, and urged the committee to consider not adopting the technology at all.

Said she feels less safe with tracking cameras but believes safeguards like city-held keys and warrant requirements could thread the needle; asked the committee to take its time.

An Oshkosh business owner who cited Fourth Amendment concerns, risks to stalking victims and immigrants, and endorsed the citizen-authored ordinance and moratorium.

Speaking as an engineer, urged multiple rounds of review before adoption and said the city should seriously consider not deploying the technology.

A healthcare software analyst who supported city-held cryptographic keys, public reporting, audit trails, and caution over vendor software updates, citing wrongful AI detentions elsewhere.

A tech worker who stressed industry-standard data custody practices and asked for resident opt-out ability and contract escape hatches.

Declared herself against ALPR in all forms, said police departments can't be trusted with this data, and urged doubled regulation, key-holder specificity, and automatic flagging.

Argued technical safeguards can't eliminate human risk, citing major data breaches, and said the public doesn't want the cameras and they aren't worth the risk.

Lifelong resident who said the simplest budget move is to not implement AI mass surveillance at all.

Executive director of Esther spoke for civil liberties alongside public safety, thanked the committee for extending discussion, and celebrated the civic participation.

Opposed to AI-assisted surveillance but asked that APD be required to document any intelligence gained through such surveillance used in criminal charges.

Oshkosh resident supporting the citizen-authored ordinance, encouraged the market to build compliant products and suggested a community conversation before September 9.

Thanked the committee and Meltzer, opposed ALPR and all AI surveillance, citing the DeFlock camera map and skepticism that regulation can protect data in the current moment.

Supported the oversight resolution but said it covers only a fraction of a citizen-drafted ordinance's protections; urged a comprehensive framework.

Stay-at-home mom who said trust was 'lost in buckets' and urged bagging the cameras tomorrow to rebuild public trust.

Asked that surveillance oversight also cover microphone and non-camera listening equipment, not just cameras.

Urged vetting any future vendor's security and trustworthiness, not just city-side safeguards.