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Mill Valley subcommittee trims Flock camera data retention to 72 hours, cites safeguards
Summary
A Police Governance Subcommittee member said Mill Valley will cut Flock license-plate reader data retention from seven days to 72 hours, reiterated that the department does not use facial recognition and said the city has opted out of statewide and nationwide plate-lookup networks while maintaining ongoing audits.
An unidentified member of Mill Valley’s Police Governance Subcommittee told attendees the city is reducing how long it keeps license-plate reader data collected by Flock cameras from seven days to 72 hours and reaffirmed safeguards intended to limit data sharing and misuse.
The speaker, identified in the transcript only as a Police Governance Subcommittee member, said Mill Valley adopted Flock cameras in February 2025 to address public-safety concerns such as stolen vehicles, suspect vehicles and missing persons and that the city intentionally deployed a limited number of devices at three primary ingress and egress points rather than building a citywide…
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