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Ferndale residents urge removal of Flock license‑plate cameras, request racial‑impact review
Summary
Public commenters at the Ferndale City Council meeting pressed the city to end its pilot with Flock license‑plate readers and to complete a racial impact assessment before any permanent contract, citing potential targeting of immigrants and transgender residents.
Several Ferndale residents used the council’s public comment period to urge officials to end or scale back the city’s pilot program using Flock license‑plate reader cameras and to perform a racial impact assessment before any permanent contract is approved.
Kathleen, a member of the Ferndale Inclusion Network who gave her address as 715 West Breckenridge, named the cameras explicitly and said the group wants the city to “remove at least half, if not all, of the cameras and conduct a racial impact assessment before considering any permanent contract of Flock.” She warned the cameras could be used to target immigrants…
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