La Quinta Municipal Code Ch. 11.100 Public Safety Camera System Policy

The purpose and intent of this chapter is the protection of the public health, safety, and general welfare by authorizing the adoption of a policy with operational procedures for a public safety camera system, and ensuring full and careful consideration by the city council whenever the policy may be amended to include integration of any new or additional public safety technology and equipment including, but not limited to, the addition of new equipment or use of gunshot detection, incident mapping, crime analysis, license plate recognition, facial recognition, audio, and other video-based analytical systems technology.

(Ord. 589 § 1(Exh. A), 3-16-2021)

A. The city council may adopt a policy with operational procedures for the use of any public safety camera system in the city. Upon such adoption, the policy shall govern the operation and use of the public safety camera system.

B. Upon the adoption by the city council of a policy with operational procedures described in subsection A, no amendment to that policy to include integration of any new or additional public safety technology or new equipment, like that described in Section 11.100.010, may be adopted except by no less than four-fifths (⅘) majority vote of the city council.

C. Subsection B may not be amended to reduce the vote requirement to adopt an amendment to the policy with operational procedures, as set forth in subsection B, except by no less than four-fifths (⅘) majority vote of the city council.

(Ord. 589 § 1(Exh. A), 3-16-2021)