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Kent police defend Flock license‑plate readers, announce tighter controls after UW report
Summary
Chief Padilla told the City Council Kent operates roughly 20 Flock license‑plate readers, stores images for 30 days and has reconfigured access and instituted commander review of federal requests after a University of Washington report flagged third‑party vulnerabilities elsewhere.
Chief Padilla told the Kent City Council on Nov. 18 that the Kent Police Department operates Flock automatic license‑plate readers at about 20 locations in the city and that the agency has tightened access controls after recent media coverage of vulnerabilities in other jurisdictions.
"For those who may not know what Flock cameras are, these are automatic license plate readers," Padilla said, describing how the cameras photograph license plates and vehicles at major intersections and store images for 30 days. He said images unrelated to criminal matters are deleted after that retention period.
Padilla referenced a University of Washington Center for Human Rights study that reported several Washington agencies had…
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