Technology to cast watchful gaze upon city employees
Prince Albert will soon have a policy in place governing the use of information gathered from electronic devices used by city employees that are equipped with monitoring capabilities.
The city has already been supplying its workers with equipment such as cell phones with global positioning systems (GPS) built in, or in-vehicle communication devices and equipment that have GPS. And the city plans to continue to purchase more of these devices.
The executive committee voted Monday to forward the recommendation to approve the new policy to council for a final vote in an upcoming meeting.
“If we were to use the information gained through the monitoring capability of these devices, we have to have a policy in place supporting our use of that information,” human resources consultant Gordon Bothner told the executive committee.