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Lakeville residents urge council to rescind Flock camera contract over privacy, cybersecurity worries
Summary
Multiple Lakeville residents used public comment to urge the city to end its contract for Flock automated license-plate-reader cameras, citing a published case of cross‑state tracking, reported cybersecurity flaws, and alleged use by immigration authorities; callers asked for a legal and security review.
Several Lakeville residents used the public‑comment period at the Jan. 5 Lakeville City Council meeting to urge the council to end the city’s contract with Flock automated license‑plate‑reader cameras, citing privacy, legal and cybersecurity concerns.
Alicia Schulp, who gave her address to the record, framed the issue as a civil‑liberties one: “This is not about politics. This is about whether we accept a system that allows a government to track people's medical choices, their movements, and their lives without consent or suspicion of wrongdoing,” she said, and asked the…
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