A. “City of Bellingham” means any department, agency, bureau, and/or subordinate division of the city of Bellingham.

B. “City of Bellingham official” means any person or entity acting on behalf of the city of Bellingham, including any officer, employee, agent, contractor, subcontractor, or vendor.

C. “Facial recognition” means an automated or semi-automated process that assists in identifying or verifying an individual or captures information about them, based on the physical characteristics of their face. Facial recognition as used here is synonymous with “facial surveillance.”

D. “Facial recognition technology” means any computer software or application that performs face surveillance, including any software or application used to recognize faces. Facial recognition technology as used here is synonymous with “facial surveillance technology.”

E. “Predictive policing technology” means software that is used to predict information or trends about crime or criminality in the present or future, including but not limited to the characteristics or profile of any person(s) likely to commit a crime, the identity of any person(s) likely to commit crime, the locations or frequency of crime, or the person(s) impacted by predicted crime. Such software typically uses algorithms to sort through large data sets. [Res. 2021-19 § 2].