ANPR tracking - Police's plan to integrate their own ANPR assets onto vGRID database
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From: M B
Dear New Zealand Police,
In an OIA response from 27 September 2022 (IR-01-22-22232) the Police stated that 10 of their 28 Police owned ANPR cameras are 'static'. It is stated that those 10 static cameras are now feeding ANPR data into the vGRID database run by SaferCities. (https://www.documentcloud.org/projects/o...)
However, in the Police manual ANPR chapter released September 2022, it states that Police "PROPOSES" to identify a suitable plan to retain for "Police owned and generated [number plate information]" for longer than the previously accepted 48 hours. (https://policepolicy.nz/policies/automat...)
1. Please provide all information related to any integration or plan to integrate Police generated ANPR data onto vGRID. Include emails directed at or from the emergent tech group. If there is a substantive collection of data, provide a list of available information and I will file a follow up request.
2. When did the Police migrate their static ANPR cameras onto vGRID?
3. Please provide all risk assessments, privacy assesments, or similar, related to third party ANPR databases. P.s don't send the PIA executive summary from 2017, unless of course, you would like to release the entire document. It would now be in the public interest to so :)
Yours faithfully,
Mason.
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Mason
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request below, received by New Zealand Police on 30 September 2022.
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA. You can expect a response to your request on or before 31 October 2022.
Kind regards, Dylan
Ministerial Services PNHQ
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From: M B
Dear Ministerial Services,
I note a OIA response directly to my personal email - IR-01-22-27696. In that response, A Governance Paper dated March 2022 discusses resource requests and planning for a trial of a larger ANPR roll out on Police cars (which currently do not facilitate historical location searches beyond 48 hours) with extended capabilities and longer retention periods. It is stated that Auror and SaferCities "could likely provide solutions for our proposed extended use".
May I request that, in conjunction with any other documents within the purview of request 1, you include this governance paper in your response to this OIA request on FYI.
Yours sincerely,
Mason.
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Mason
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below, received by Police on 24 October 2022.
Your reference number is IR-01-22-32781.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 21 November 2022 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Catherine
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Mason
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 30 September 2022.
Ngā mihi
Sarah
Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters
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From: M B
Dear Ministerial Services,
With regards to question 2, please provide the dates that the 10 police owned static cameras were migrated onto vGRID. Independent dates if so required.
Yours sincerely,
Mason.
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Mason
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request below, received by New Zealand Police on 26 October 2022.
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the OIA. You can expect a response to your request on or before 23 November 2022.
Kind regards, Dylan
Ministerial Services PNHQ
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From: M B
This is not a new request, it was the information originally requested. Please action it accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
Mason.
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Mason
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
requests, received by New Zealand Police since 18 September 2022.
Ngā mihi
Sarah
Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters
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