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Police chief limits external access to Flock cameras; Carmel schedules evacuation drill and Car Week session

Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council · January 17, 2026
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The Police Chief said the city disabled external access to its six Flock automated license-plate readers to strengthen privacy and oversight, announced a community evacuation drill planned for May 30, and promoted a Car Week listening session to be broadcast online.

Carmel-by-the-Sea's Police Chief told the council on Friday that the city has disabled external access to its six Flock automated license-plate reader cameras and that a supervisor reviews Flock usage to ensure the program operates "by the book."

"I turned off all external access to our Flock cameras," the Police Chief said, adding that the cameras had previously been…

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