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Residents press council on citywide cameras and Placer AI; mayor says city no longer paying for Placer AI
Summary
Callers raised privacy concerns about Flock surveillance cameras and requested a council presentation and records on Placer AI. Mayor said Placer AI has been discontinued and the city is no longer paying for the service.
During public comment at the Sept. 3 Ridgecrest City Council meeting, callers raised concerns about citywide surveillance systems and location-analytics services and asked the council to schedule formal consideration and disclosure of related records.
A caller identifying himself as Manuel said he believed the city had installed about a dozen cameras that record continuously and mentioned a vendor identified as "Flock" that he described as retaining images on a rolling…
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