The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

4 PACK LED SOFT WHITE LIGHT BULBS MILKBONE DOG SNACKS ARM & HAMMER CLUMP & SEAL LITTER PRINTED METAL TOOLBOXES REVERSIBLE SAFETY BOMBER JACKET 12 OZ CERAMIC TRAVEL MUG 6 watts = 40 watts of light $999 $199 $999 $2499 $299 666 Victoria St. N., Kitchener Mon.-Fri. 8-9; Sat. 9-6; Sun. 10-5 447 Huron Street, Stratford M.-W. 9-6; Th. & Fri. 9-8; Sat. 9-6; Sun. 10-5 We reserve the right to limit quantities. Some items may not be exactly as shown. Some items may be limited in quantity. www.kwsurplus.com 2 uniq ue sho pping experi encesk-w surpl us milk & peanut butter OR cheese & vegetable flavour Multicat 7 day odour free home Many designs to choose from XL & XXL only Double walled for insulation with cool touch silicone sleeve $4999 800 gm 9.1 kg be waRM & safe! 1005 ottawa st. north kitchener in stanley park mall justforhimkw.com 519.894.4711 INVENTORY CLEARANCE SALE 50-75% OFF! CombiningTwo stores, EverythingMUST GO! Fine Mens Wear JUST • FOR • HIM HURRY IN FOR BEST SELECTION 4 • WATERLOO CHRONICLE • THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017 By Samantha Beattie Chronicle Sta� The licence plate recogni-tion software the city has been interested in since 2011 will finally be imple- mented. A review was conducted to fi nd out if bylaw offi cers taking photos of parked cars will have a negative impact on privacy. "The Licence Recognition Program is supplementing an existing manual process and doesn't really increase the amount of information being collected," said Julie Scott, deputy city clerk at commit- tee Monday. "We now have an electronic database and infor- mation that includes photo- graphs and GPS location of the vehicle. Other than that, the information we collect is the same." Currently offi cers use chalk to mark park cars, and return when the free parking allot- ment has expired. The new system, which includes $60,000 in camera equipment loaded onto the front and back of the clearly marked City of Waterloo vehi- cle. Th e cameras will capture parked cars' licence plates and tire valves, to see if cars were moved and re-parked. A computer will log the plate numbers, GPS locations of vehicles, dates and times. Non-violator information will be purged immediately, said Scott. Violator informa- tion will be housed on secure city servers at city facilities and will be transferred using secure encrypted methods. Any personal information collected accidentally when a picture is taken will be redact- ed. "Officers who use the sys- tem don't, by virtue of the sys- tem, have access to personal information," said Scott. For now, the city will use the licence plate recognition software only for monitoring time-limited parking, but it has other potential uses, like helping officers keep track of overnight parking exemptions. "The program is really starting out on a smaller scale until we are more familiar with the software and citizen con- cerns," Scott said. Coun. Mark Whaley asked how much more money the city will be collecting once the more effi cient system is in place. "We're not predicting any increase in revenue at this point," said Shayne Turner, director of municipal enforce- ment. "What we're really looking at doing better is utilizing staff resources to move quicker on complaints." While Coun. Melissa Dur- rell saw the software as a step towards better utilizing uptown's parking lots, she wanted to know how citizens could benefi t. "How soon can we get to the point where if I'm parked in uptown, I can add 15 more minutes through my phone so I don't get a ticket?" Durrell asked. "Th at's he kind of direc- tion citizens would like to see. We need to get there." Scott said although pay- ing for parking through smart phones was looked at in 2012, it's a different branch than security. "Th e use of the program is truly for law enforcement, as opposed to a revenue genera- tion that would bring diff erent challenges," said Scott. As part of the licence plate recognition software privacy impact assessment, the city collaborated with legal, legis- lative and enforcement servic- es. It also had guidance from the information privacy com- missioner's offi ce. Police forces across Cana- da use similar programs, and Guelph municipal officers have been on board since 2014. City rolls out licence plate scanner, strives for privacy protection