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Residents urge Ridgecrest to review Flock contract amid claims of out-of-state data sharing

Ridgecrest City Council · December 4, 2025
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Public commenters told the city it should audit its contract with license-plate-camera vendor Flock and check compliance with California 'Senate Bill 34,' citing alleged undisclosed sharing with out-of-state or federal agencies and inconsistent search-log reasons.

Ridgecrest — Two residents used the council’s public-comment period on Dec. 3 to call for a review of the city’s contract with license-plate-camera vendor Flock and for stronger safeguards on collected data.

Mike LeCitra told the council that investigations in other California cities have found license-plate data shared with out-of-state and federal agencies in ways that may violate…

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