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Residents press council to end 'Flock' license‑plate surveillance; veteran offers to help convene mental‑health response talks
Summary
Sam Coffey urged Joliet officials to terminate use of 'Flock' license‑plate readers and stop data collection; veteran Jonathan Jeffers offered to volunteer to help convene a meeting on preparing law enforcement for encounters involving mental illness.
During public comment at the Jan. 6 council meeting, Sam Coffey called on the City of Joliet to terminate its use of Flock license‑plate reader cameras and to ensure all data collection and access cease. Coffey described risks to privacy, potential for misuse, insecure past incidents involving camera access and an internal misuse case in the Joliet Police Department,…
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