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Residents and council press city to reassess Flock camera use and adopt oversight policy
Summary
Multiple speakers at the Aug. 6 Ithaca Common Council meeting urged the city to pause use and new installations of Flock automated license-plate reader cameras and to adopt community oversight or COPS-style legislation to govern surveillance data sharing and access.
Public commentators at the Aug. 6 Ithaca Common Council meeting urged the city to pause further use of Flock automated license-plate reader cameras, citing national reporting that law-enforcement access to plate and video data has been shared with federal immigration agents and other agencies.
"The information that is collected by the Flock cameras are is being accessed and used in ways that well‑intentioned communities are not aware of and not in control of," said Katie Church, a resident who spoke during public comment.
Speakers described multiple national examples where local access to Flock or similar systems has been used by federal or…
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