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Residents press Sierra Vista council to reconsider Flock Safety camera network over privacy and security concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the council the recently installed Flock Safety camera network raises privacy, security and misuse risks; speakers urged the city to require stricter controls, preferred plate-only readers, or to end the contract. A company presentation is scheduled for Feb. 24.
Public commenters at the Sierra Vista City Council meeting on Jan. 22 urged the city to rethink its recently installed Flock Safety automatic license-plate reader (ALPR) network, saying the vendor’s cameras amount to continuous surveillance, carry cybersecurity risks and have been misused elsewhere.
"They take video. They don't just take pictures," said Dan Gavin, a local cybersecurity professional, arguing that Flock’s system streams video to a third-party data center and uses AI to analyze more than license…
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