b. An assessment identifying any potential impact on civil liberties and civil rights and
a description of a plan to safeguard the rights of the public, including identifying
with specificity (1) Any potential adverse impacts the Surveillance Technology, if
deployed, might have on civil liberties and civil rights of any individuals,
communities, or groups, including, but not limited to, Marginalized Communities in
the Town; and (2) what specific, affirmative measures will be implemented to
safeguard the public from those potential adverse impacts;
c. The fiscal costs for the Surveillance Technology, including initial purchase and
other ongoing costs and excluding personnel costs, and any current or potential
sources of funding; and
d. A summary of the experience, if any, other governmental entities have had with the
proposed technology, including information about the effectiveness, any known
adverse information about the Surveillance Technology such as unanticipated costs,
failures, civil rights, or civil liberties abuses.
F. Standard of Approval
The Town Council shall only approve a request under Section 3.59 C of this Bylaw if it
determines the benefits to the community of the proposed Surveillance Technology
outweigh its costs, that the Surveillance Use Policy will safeguard civil liberties and civil
rights, that no alternative with lesser economic cost or impact on civil rights or liberties
would be as effective, and that the uses and deployments of the Surveillance Technology
will not be based upon discriminatory or viewpoint-based factors or have a Disparate
Impact on any community or group.