Seattle Mayor Wilson has decided to pause the expansion of police surveillance cameras and to temporarily turn off the city’s automatic license plate readers while her administration reviews how these technologies are used. The review will take several months and involve experts from New York University’s Policing Project to ensure accountability and transparency.
Existing cameras — about 62 across Aurora Avenue, downtown, and the Chinatown International District — will stay on, except for one near a reproductive health clinic, which will be turned off for further review. The mayor said the pause will allow time to align city policies with new state laws limiting police access to license plate data…