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Resident warns against Flock license-plate surveillance, urges community investments
Summary
During public comment at the Oct. 22 Salinas Police Advisory Committee meeting, a resident and local IT administrator criticized the city—s move toward a Flock vehicle-tracking system, saying it creates a searchable record of residents— movements and urging the city to instead fund community violence-prevention programs.
A Salinas resident who identified himself as an IT administrator spoke during public comment Oct. 22 to oppose the city—s investment in a Flock license-plate/vehicle-tracking system, arguing the technology creates a permanent, searchable record of vehicle movements and poses privacy and safety risks.
"These are not regular cameras. They create a permanent searchable record of every car that enters our city, tracking our movements to the doctor, to get an abortion, to an ICE protest, or to our place of worship," the commenter said. He said the company behind the technology has been caught sharing data with immigration authorities and that law enforcement misuse and machine-read errors have produced wrongful, dangerous stops in other jurisdictions.
The commenter urged the committee and city to invest instead in community violence-interruption programs, after-school services, mental-health care, jobs and affordable housing rather than mass surveillance. His remarks were made during the designated public-comment period and did not prompt a committee vote or staff action at the meeting.
