DRIP-27 Bill 113 (2026) BILL 113 (2026), ESTABLISHING CHAPTER 8.38, MAUI COUNTY CODE, ON THE DISCLOSURE, SALE, AND COMMERCIAL USE OF LICENSE PLATE READER DATA (DRIP-27)
WE SAID NO! and yet you guys keep discussing it. How about using AI to monitor our government officials and real time government audits that we can see as a public. How many officers have been arrested over the last 5 years. We are going to belive they are going to be trust worthy with such sensitive data? 50 years ago 99% of this information collected would have needed a warrant, but through small nibbles of out civil liberties this is just SOP. How about the courts hold those responsible instead of catch and release.Enough already!
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
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about 1 month ago
Council should not simply defeat Bill 113 and leave the existing system operating without enforceable protections. Instead, Council should amend the bill to:
1. Impose an immediate moratorium on new cameras, contract renewals, system expansion, and additional data sharing;
2. Suspend routine collection until an independent audit is completed;
3. Require disclosure of every camera, vendor, contract, retention policy, outside agency with access, and the program’s total cost;
4. Audit all searches and disclosures, including access by federal agencies and private contractors;
5. Publish verified results, confirmed successes, and false-alert information;
6. Require prompt deletion of information not connected to a documented investigation;
7. Prohibit long-term movement searches without judicial authorization;
8. Require human verification before enforcement action is taken based on an alert;
9. Establish independent oversight and enforceable penalties for misuse; and
10. Terminate the contracts, delete the accumulated information, and remove the cameras if MPD cannot demonstrate public-safety benefits proportionate to the financial cost and invasion of privacy.
Public safety is not measured by how much information the government can collect.
On an island with limited roads, this system is not merely observing anonymous interstate traffic. It is capable of recording the routines of the same residents, families, workers, and visitors again and again.
Maui should not be required to surrender its privacy simply because surveillance technology is available. The government must first prove that the technology is necessary, that less intrusive methods are inadequate, that the public is receiving measurable value, and that misuse will be detected by someone outside the agency operating the system.
That showing has not been made.
Please stop further expansion, impose a moratorium, conduct an independent public audit, and require proof before Maui continues paying for or permitting routine license plate surveillance.
Until that happens, the cameras should be turned off.
I support the legitimate use of license plate readers for stolen vehicles, missing persons, hit-and-runs, and serious crimes. But supporting a potentially useful tool is not the same as accepting an unproven program. MPD should disclose the complete cost, number of verified alerts, false alerts, vehicles recovered, people located, cases materially advanced, and officer time saved. One reported success shows that the technology can work. It does not prove that Maui’s present system, spending, data retention, or outside sharing is justified.
WE SAID NO! and yet you guys keep discussing it. How about using AI to monitor our government officials and real time government audits that we can see as a public. How many officers have been arrested over the last 5 years. We are going to belive they are going to be trust worthy with such sensitive data? 50 years ago 99% of this information collected would have needed a warrant, but through small nibbles of out civil liberties this is just SOP. How about the courts hold those responsible instead of catch and release.Enough already!
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety"
Council should not simply defeat Bill 113 and leave the existing system operating without enforceable protections. Instead, Council should amend the bill to:
1. Impose an immediate moratorium on new cameras, contract renewals, system expansion, and additional data sharing;
2. Suspend routine collection until an independent audit is completed;
3. Require disclosure of every camera, vendor, contract, retention policy, outside agency with access, and the program’s total cost;
4. Audit all searches and disclosures, including access by federal agencies and private contractors;
5. Publish verified results, confirmed successes, and false-alert information;
6. Require prompt deletion of information not connected to a documented investigation;
7. Prohibit long-term movement searches without judicial authorization;
8. Require human verification before enforcement action is taken based on an alert;
9. Establish independent oversight and enforceable penalties for misuse; and
10. Terminate the contracts, delete the accumulated information, and remove the cameras if MPD cannot demonstrate public-safety benefits proportionate to the financial cost and invasion of privacy.
Public safety is not measured by how much information the government can collect.
On an island with limited roads, this system is not merely observing anonymous interstate traffic. It is capable of recording the routines of the same residents, families, workers, and visitors again and again.
Maui should not be required to surrender its privacy simply because surveillance technology is available. The government must first prove that the technology is necessary, that less intrusive methods are inadequate, that the public is receiving measurable value, and that misuse will be detected by someone outside the agency operating the system.
That showing has not been made.
Please stop further expansion, impose a moratorium, conduct an independent public audit, and require proof before Maui continues paying for or permitting routine license plate surveillance.
Until that happens, the cameras should be turned off.
Mahalo,
Jolee Bindo
I support the legitimate use of license plate readers for stolen vehicles, missing persons, hit-and-runs, and serious crimes. But supporting a potentially useful tool is not the same as accepting an unproven program. MPD should disclose the complete cost, number of verified alerts, false alerts, vehicles recovered, people located, cases materially advanced, and officer time saved. One reported success shows that the technology can work. It does not prove that Maui’s present system, spending, data retention, or outside sharing is justified.