During public comment, residents raised two issues they urged the council to act on: transparency and possible termination of the city’s Flock automatic license-plate reader (ALPR) contract, and formal local action to support a Palm Bay teen, Mohammed Ibrahim, said to be detained in the West Bank.

Resident Kristen Lanzano described a months-long effort to obtain contract and data-access information and cited national incidents in which ALPR alerts produced wrongful stops or arrests. "These are not merely glitches in an emerging system," she said, characterizing repeated misidentifications and urging the council to place the Flock contract on a public agenda for review and to consider early termination if federal sharing violations exist.

Caroline Abidin asked the council to adopt a resolution calling for the "immediate release and safe return of Mohammed Ibrahim," whom she described as a 15-year-old Palm Bay resident detained in February 2025. She also requested that council send letters to the White House, the State Department and the congressional delegation seeking intervention. Mayor and staff directed residents to the State Department for consular assistance but acknowledged the request and said staff would note it.

Council response was limited: staff and the deputy chief indicated the ALPR cameras were funded through a law enforcement trust fund rather than general-tax dollars and that more information had been promised to the speaker; the mayor directed residents to federal channels on the detention case but did not commit to drafting a council resolution that evening.

Attribution: Quotes and factual references are from public commenters (Kristen Lanzano, Caroline Abidin) and staff responses recorded in the meeting transcript.