Surveillance moratorium (EO 007)

The problem

Surveillance technology can enter city government one procurement at a time, with no public debate about whether it should exist at all. By the time residents find out, the cameras are already up.

The plan

Executive Order 007 pauses new surveillance deployments while the city completes a risk-tiered inventory of what it already has — and opens the question to public scrutiny. The moratorium's scope is set with counsel, respecting existing contracts and law.

No expansion of surveillance capacity until the inventory is public and the rules are debated in the open.

How you’ll know it’s working

• Risk-tiered surveillance inventory initiated Day One
• Moratorium scope set with counsel
• Inventory published for public review

From the Blueprint

• Pauses acquisition, expansion, or renewal of any non-essential surveillance or automated decision tool immediately.
• No paused system returns without disclosure in the Open Algorithm Register, a completed impact assessment, and Council approval after a public hearing.
• The Mayor may exempt systems required for active public safety emergencies, subject to automatic post-deployment review.
• Civic Insights publishes a complete inventory of existing city surveillance technologies within 90 days.
• Systems that fail review are decommissioned.

Tampa will not purchase another surveillance system it cannot explain to residents and justify with evidence.