Protect our Civil Liberties from Drone Surveillance

SPC has presented a Resolution to the Syracuse Common Council to prevent the warrantless, unregulated use of drones by City of Syracuse agencies. It's purpose is to protect our civil liberties. We need your support to make this happen! (Click here to read the resolution)

1)  Come to the Syracuse Common Council Meetings on Mon., Dec. 16.

• Noon - brief study session with last minute concerns. Then a short recess.
• 1 pm - regular meeting, which includes the vote.

Common Council Chambers, 3rd floor, Syracuse City Hall (233 E. Washington St., downtown Syracuse).

2)  Contact your Councilor and express your support for the Resolution. The Councilors will not receive a copy of the Resolution until Tuesday evening. See the Councilor’s contact information below. Click here to learn the district you’re in. Any Syracusan can call the Councilors at Large or the President of the Common Council.

Talking Points:

• The use of drones by City agencies may result in a large amount of data being available to the City, which because of the lack of regulations, could be mined in a way that could reveal personal information not lawfully available without a judicial warrant. The Resolution is asking that drones not be used by any City agency until federal, state and local regulations are in place protecting our privacy as guaranteed by the First and Fourth Amendments of the Constitution.    
• Data collected by surveillance drones could violate civil liberty rights such as:
  --individual privacy
  --freedom of association and assembly
  --equal protection and judicial due process

Let us know how your call went! (315) 472-5478

Councilors at Large
(represent all of Syracuse)
Jean Kessner 448-8466; 475-3518(h); jkessner@syrgov.net
She is the Resolution’s sponsor, so calls to her could thank her for sponsoring it.
Kathleen Joy 448-8466; 432-0943 (h); kjoy@syrgov.net
Helen Hudson 448-8466; hhudson@syrgov.net  
Lance Denno 448-8466; 413-5013 (h); ldenno@syrgov.net

Councilors by District
To learn the district you’re in: tinyurl.com/syrdistrict
District 1  Jake Barrett  448-8466; jbarrett@syrgov.net   
District 2  Patrick Hogan  448-8466; 468-3880 (h); phogan@syrgov.net
District 3  Robert Dougherty  448-8466; 956-5544 (h); bdougherty@syrgov.net  
District 4  Khalid Bey  448-8466; kbey@syrgov.net  
District 5  Nader Maroun  448-8466;  727-7007 (h); nmaroun@syrgov.net