Resident tells Mountlake Terrace council Flock surveillance risks must be disclosed

Adam Sikay, a Mountlake Terrace resident, used a five‑minute public‑comment slot to urge the City Council to stop soliciting resident opinion about Flock without first disclosing what he described as the company’s risks and track record. "A 5 second Google search will tell you that Flock is an absolute danger," Sikay said.

Sikay told the council that most residents do not know what Flock is or how it operates and argued the council has a responsibility to explain the company's history before asking for public support. He listed a series of claims and concerns, attributing them to public testimony at previous meetings: that Flock is a surveillance tool rather than a crime‑fighting device, that there is no data showing Flock reduces crime, that Flock has misled towns and broken accountability agreements, and that deploying Flock could expose residents to federal‑level enforcement actions. "Flock is unconstitutional," Sikay said, and later added: "Flock has an extensive history of providing data to federal agencies that illegally stalk, beat, terrorize, kidnap, and kill residents and workers, and then lying about it."

Sikay also criticized council members who he said had previously supported Flock; he named Councilmembers Aaron Murray, Steve Woodard and William Page as exceptions to what he described as a broader failure of leadership. He said the council’s practice of asking for resident views without first presenting detailed information amounted to "actively withholding" facts.

The council did not take action on Flock during the meeting. The comment was heard during the general public‑comment segment and recorded in the meeting minutes.