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Residents press council to review Flock ALPR contract and oppose data centers over water, privacy and environmental concerns
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the council to reconsider approved Flock ALPR camera installations and to resist data-center development, citing privacy, legal and water-supply risks; the city manager read a vendor statement denying data-sharing with federal agencies without local consent.
A lengthy public-comment period at the Twentynine Palms City Council meeting focused on two recurring concerns: opposition to Flock automated license-plate-reading (ALPR) cameras and worries about prospective data-center projects.
Multiple speakers said Flock systems enable mass surveillance and may violate Fourth Amendment protections. Heather Drake (speaker 16) urged the council to "reconsider their contract with Flock," citing recent court discussion and the Carpenter precedent, and noted litigation in other…
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