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Residents urge caution, public review of Flock license‑plate reader contract
Summary
Several residents raised privacy and data‑security concerns during public comment about the city's contract with Flock Safety and the growing network of license‑plate readers; callers asked council for wider community engagement before expanding the program.
At the Oct. 23 meeting several residents used the Matters from the Public period to urge caution and broader public engagement before expanding automatic license‑plate reader surveillance.
Mark Hopp, a Staunton resident, reviewed contract language and told council that Flock stores footage on its own servers and that section 5.3 permits disclosure to law‑enforcement or government agencies when Flock has a "good faith belief" such disclosure is required. Hopp…
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