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Police explain ALPR (Flock) camera program, residents raise privacy questions
Summary
The Universal City Police Department described its automatic license-plate reader (ALPR/Flock) deployment, how it is used, safeguards and audit procedures; residents and council members asked about privacy, oversight, data sharing and access controls.
The Universal City Police Department presented details of its automatic license-plate reader system (ALPR, known commercially as Flock) and defended operational safeguards, audit controls and law-enforcement benefits while residents raised constitutional and privacy concerns.
Chiefs and supervisors explained the system’s three modes of use: alerts from a state database (stolen vehicles, missing persons, amber alerts), investigator‑requested searches tied to active case numbers, and hot-list entries for specific suspect vehicles. The department said there is no continuous “live” surveillance feed available to officers; the system records images at camera locations and produces a photo and timestamp when a vehicle passes a camera.
Department staff…
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