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Public raises privacy and immigration concerns over Flock, Peregrine and police cooperation with federal agencies
Summary
Multiple speakers urged the city to reconsider automated surveillance tools (Flock, Peregrine/Palantir-style systems) and demanded transparency about local cooperation with ICE, Homeland Security and other federal agencies.
Several residents asked Charlottesville City Council to halt use of automated surveillance systems and to disclose any agreements or operational cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Several speakers singled out Flock Safety cameras and a data-aggregation product referred to in public comments as “Peregrine” (a local procurement described by public speakers as a tool to consolidate agency data). “We need to turn off the Flock cameras and reject technologies like Flock and Peregrine that hand our sensitive data over to anyone willing to exploit the system,” said Elizabeth…
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