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Council pauses Raven purchase; sends gunshot‑detection contract to advisory board and asks staff for added privacy guardrails
Summary
After a year of beta testing, the council deferred a purchase of Flock Raven gunshot‑detection technology and directed staff and the Surveillance Advisory Board to craft stronger privacy, retention and audit safeguards before the city signs a longer contract.
Vallejo’s proposed purchase of Flock Raven gunshot‑detection technology drew a detailed presentation from police and a lengthy council and public review focused on privacy, data‑retention and vendor controls.
Captain Jerome Bautista and Deputy Chief Knight summarized one year of Raven beta testing: 1,003 Raven alerts from September 6, 2024 through July 31, 2025, mapped concentrations in several neighborhoods and multiple case examples where Raven alerts helped find victims or locate scenes that otherwise would have been missed. Staff said the congressionally‑earmarked…
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