From: Daniel Weise

To: Commission-Public-Records

Cc: Bowman, Stephanie; Calkins, Ryan; Cho, Sam; Felleman, Fred; Steinbrueck, Peter; Daniel Weise

Subject: [EXTERNAL] Facial recognition is dangerous, please extend the moratorium and ban its use.

Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 7:12:41 AM

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Commissioners,

I am writing to urge you to vote to extend the moratorium on police use of face surveillance

technology. Please go even further and ban the use of facial recognition by all law

enforcement and their contractors. I also urge you to stop collaborating with Customs and

Border Protection (CBP) in building a face surveillance system at SeaTac International

Airport.

Facial recognition technology is racist. This technology also enables government surveillance

on a massive scale. Cities across the U.S. are banning facial recognition technology, noting its

role in exacerbating the surveillance and policing of Black, Indigenous, and people of color,

immigrants, and other communities in the margins.

The Port Commission’s March vote to collaborate with CBP in rolling out its facial

recognition program ignored the concerns of privacy, civil liberties, and community

organizations. The Port of Seattle should not be paying for or building a facial recognition

system for CBP.

I strongly urge you to extend the moratorium, ban all use of facial recognition by Port of

Seattle Police and privately contracted security, and to reverse the decision to collaborate with

CBP.

Sincerely,

Daniel Weise