Update: AC Transit has replied to our letter and stated they will agendize a discussion of the audit for an upcoming board meeting.
When AC Transit proposed adding platform cameras to Bus Rapid Transit platforms along East Oakland’s International Avenue, Oakland Privacy worked with community advocates and the Board of Directors to get a privacy policy in place. That privacy policy called for an annual audit.
The Oakland Observer put in a public records request for that audit and recently received a completed audit from August 2023. The audit says a better logging system is needed for video requests and documents that 42% of out-of-agency-requests from Oakland PD and San Leandro PD did not provide evidence of a court order, as required by the policy.
See the audit document below and Oakland Privacy’s letter to the Board.