![]() ![]() “I’m here to express it is the exact opposite. “Most people won’t think of the Police Officers’ Association as someone who is going to go out there and advocate for the community,” Pritchard said. On Wednesday, San Jose Police Officers’ Association President Sean Pritchard even appeared alongside Mahan at the afternoon news conference. ![]() In San Jose, there’s support this time around from the local police union, which has traditionally opposed the cameras over fears it would replace law enforcement jobs, Mayor Matt Mahan noted. “Just knowing you are being watched creates more control for people who are thinking that it’s just a faster way home.” “I fully think these cameras can help support us,” Hernandez said through tears at a news conference on Wednesday. Marcelo was the city’s 61st traffic fatality in 2022. Maria Hernandez, whose mother, Maria Marcelo, a beloved community leader, was killed in December, supports the measure. The cameras would take photos of offending license plates when cars are moving 11 miles per hour over the road’s speed limit. In Oakland, 18 cameras would be scattered throughout the city. The law would require cities to send warning notices to residents during the first 60 days of their installation - and publicly map the cameras’ locations. If approved, AB 645 would add the first of about three dozen cameras in San Jose’s school zones and high-risk intersections starting next year. Civil liberties groups, however, have raised serious privacy concerns about the cameras. Cities claim the cameras can efficiently combat the rising number of traffic fatalities and decrease the chances of a bad encounter between motorists and law enforcement. The roadway bill - which the state legislature could consider by the end of the month - would bring automated speed cameras to San Francisco and the two Bay Area cities, marking the first time the technology is deployed in California. Instead, they’ll get a speeding ticket in their mailbox. Drivers with lead feet in San Jose and Oakland might no longer see police lights flashing in their rearview mirrors if a landmark legislative bill gets the green light.
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