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Residents press Wheeling board to mark police cars and remove Flock cameras over ICE and surveillance fears
Summary
Multiple residents used public comment to urge the village to require Wheeling PD vehicles be marked and to cancel or re-evaluate the Flock license-plate reader program, citing fear after sightings of unmarked cars and concerns about data sharing with federal immigration enforcement.
Several residents used the public comment period at the Feb. 2 Wheeling board meeting to press trustees on unmarked police vehicles and the village’s contract with the vendor known as Flock (license-plate–reader cameras).
Augustine Salgado thanked the board for passing Resolution 25-161 on Nov. 3, 2025, which he said ‘‘prohibits use of village owned parking lots, vacant lots, and garages . . . as staging areas, processing locations, or bases for civil immigration enforcement.’’ He called for continued transparency and cooperation with community groups such as the…
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