On January 26, 2021, the SOBESafe organization issued a resolution urging the City of Miami Beach to enact procedures that would enhance the visibility and expeditious implementation of technology initiatives in support of public safety.

Two processes were highlighted in the resolution:

1. Prepare a 90-day short-term incremental, innovation plan to pick the low-hanging fruit. This plan will cover only those innovations that are not part of the City’s current operations, but which will produce meaningful results, and which meet four other criteria:

• relatively modest incremental resources
• currently available technology
• can be done entirely on authority that resides with the City
• realizable within 90 days from the time the plan is finished
  
  

2. Document and report regularly and publicly on all current and currently approved security implementations pertaining to cameras, real-time monitoring, and street lighting, including those that extend beyond the 90-day window, in the form of a dashboard. This would describe the activity, the originally planned timeline and current status, and issues that are preventing successful outcomes.

The item was subsequently heard briefly at the at the February 24, 2021 Neighborhood and Quality of Life Committee (NQLC) meeting and deferred to be discussed more substantially during the March 22, 2021 NQLC meeting where Commissioners requested additional information related to challenges in lighting in Lummus Park, the use of technology in the Art Deco Cultural District (ADCD), and how both affect policing practices.