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Ithaca residents press council to end Flock surveillance contract in packed public comment
Summary
Dozens of residents urged the Ithaca Common Council to suspend or cancel the city's contract with Flock, citing privacy, data‑sharing with other agencies, and security vulnerabilities; councilors said an update will be provided in the coming weeks and one member pledged to introduce a resolution to end the contract.
A large and sustained public comment period on Feb. 4 focused on Flock, a private vendor whose camera and license‑plate reading systems are deployed around Ithaca. Dozens of residents and organization representatives urged the council to suspend or cancel the city’s agreement and to adopt stronger public oversight of surveillance technologies.
Speakers including neighborhood residents, representatives of the Downtown Ithaca Alliance and Cornell ACLU, immigrant‑serving agencies and labor and…
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