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Residents urge removal of Flock vehicle‑tracking cameras, cite privacy and data‑security risks
Summary
Several residents urged the Moline City Council to suspend or cancel the city's contract with Flock Safety, citing petitions, alleged data exposures and concerns that vendor data sharing could allow federal access in violation of Illinois law.
Several Moline residents used public comment on Feb. 3 to press the City Council to pause or cancel the city’s contract with Flock Safety, the private vendor the city uses for vehicle‑tracking cameras.
David Soner, who identified himself as a fourth‑ward resident, said he returned to council with an updated petition of 425 signatures from Quad Cities residents asking for removal of the cameras. Soner said the city’s website lists nine Flock cameras and that, according to the website, those cameras “are logging over 4,000,000 records a…
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