Athar Haseebullah
Role at the time: ACLU of Nevada executive director
Condemned
Statement summary
Haseebullah objects to spending on ALPRs and drones and questions the city's ability to oversee a private surveillance supplier.
“Reno should not be misspending tax dollars for surveillance expansion programs, including the acquisition of ALPRs and drones.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Out of the Flock and into the Axon: Asked to dump license plate readers, Reno just switches brandsOctober 21 vote; statements by La Rue Hatch and Haseebullah
Michael Lyle reports the Reno vote and direct responses from officials and the ACLU of Nevada.
Why we used this label
The reference point is networked license-plate surveillance. Haseebullah explicitly opposes expanding the system.