Sign the Petition

This petition asks Birmingham City Council to do three things: answer the questions it has ignored, put limits on the system it already runs, and stop expanding it until residents have a voice.

What we think should happen to the cameras is on its own page: Take Them Down. You are not signing that. You are signing this.

What We Are Asking City Council to Do

Answer these

1. Publish the Police Department's written LPR policy and adoption date.
2. Publish the Alabama Power Master Contract and itemized monthly bills.
3. Publish retention limits, sharing settings, and national lookup participation.
4. Publish the required state audit results.

Limit the system

5. Disable nationwide and state data sharing.
6. Restore full public audit logs (officer name, vehicle description, specific search reason).
7. Cap retention at 30 days for data without an open investigation.
8. Ensure the city owns all data and retains deletion rights.
9. Prohibit merging resident data with third-party datasets.
10. Require city approval for any AI or analytic expansions.
11. Keep contract terms in official city records, not on vendor websites.
12. Require independent third-party security audits.
13. Fix liability terms to protect residents.
14. Publish quarterly system usage reports.

Pause and decide in public

15. No expansion until questions are answered and a hearing is held.
16. Hold public hearings on neighborhood surveillance.
17. Establish a civilian oversight board.

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