Dave Maass from Electronic Frontier Foundation writes, “A coalition of social justice and digital rights groups are tweeting at Gov. Jerry Brown today to demand he sign A.B. 2298, a bill that would bring new accountability measures to CalGang, the state’s troubled gang database.
To recap the audit: CalGang violates people’s rights, operates with no oversight, is chockfull of unsubstantiated information and data that should have been purged, and has diminished value in protecting public safety.Assemblymember Shirley Weber has the start of a solution: A.B. 2298.
This bill would write into law all new transparency and accountability measures for the controversial CalGang database and at least 11 other gang databases managed by local law enforcement agencies in California.
Demand California Fix CalGang, A Deeply Flawed Gang Database
[Dave Maass and Camille Ochoa/EFF]
Tweet to Governor Brown [EFF]