{
  "title": "Officials on the record about Altoona's plate readers",
  "updated": "2026-10-03",
  "note": "Every line is an official's own words about the plate-reader program, or the minutes' or an outlet's account of them, taken from a record this site already publishes: Council minutes, the Police Department's memos and white paper to the Mayor and Council, the department's replies to a records request, and outside reporting. Replies to the records request are dated by season only. Officials only; no private party is quoted.",
  "entries": [
    {
      "id": "harris-memo-2022-06-03",
      "person": "steve-harris",
      "venue": "memo",
      "context": "Memo to the Mayor and Council",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/alpr/camera-counts-in-records.json",
        "statement": "memo-2022-06-03"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "harris-memo-2022-07-25",
      "person": "steve-harris",
      "venue": "memo",
      "context": "Memo to the Mayor and Council",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/alpr/camera-counts-in-records.json",
        "statement": "memo-2022-07-25"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "harris-memo-2022-09-26",
      "person": "steve-harris",
      "venue": "memo",
      "context": "Memo to the Mayor and Council",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/alpr/camera-counts-in-records.json",
        "statement": "memo-2022-09-26"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "harris-white-paper-2024-02",
      "person": "steve-harris",
      "venue": "memo",
      "context": "ALPR white paper the lieutenant prepared",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/alpr/camera-counts-in-records.json",
        "statement": "white-paper-2024-02-devices"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "stallman-reply-access",
      "person": "greg-stallman",
      "venue": "records_reply",
      "context": "Answering a records request's questions about the program",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/records-requests/records-requests.json",
        "timeline_quote": "Access to the system is restricted"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "harris-reply-approvals",
      "person": "steve-harris",
      "venue": "records_reply",
      "context": "Answering the request for approval records",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/records-requests/records-requests.json",
        "ask": "approvals"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "harris-reply-release",
      "person": "steve-harris",
      "venue": "records_reply",
      "context": "Releasing the records",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/records-requests/records-requests.json",
        "timeline_quote": "Also per our policy"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "stallman-outlet-audits",
      "person": "greg-stallman",
      "venue": "external_report",
      "context": "In an outside outlet's updated report",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/alpr/external-reports.json",
        "report": "rdp-2026-09-14-beyond-flock",
        "fact": "chief-update-audits"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "oconnor-2026-09-08",
      "person": "dean-oconnor",
      "venue": "council",
      "context": "Council meeting",
      "ref": {
        "feed": "/votes/remarks.json",
        "meeting": "2026-09-08",
        "text_starts": "Mayor O'Connor stated he is a big supporter"
      }
    }
  ]
}