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Resident urges pause on Flock plate-reader expansion, cites profiling and security concerns
Summary
At the Feb. 24 meeting, Jared Ridgeley asked the council to pause any expansion of the Flock license-plate reader platform until the city adopts a written plate-reader policy, limits retention to 30 days, bans audio sensors and requires an independent security assessment and council approval for data sharing.
During public comment on Feb. 24, Wylie resident Jared Ridgeley urged the City Council to pause expansion of any Flock license-plate reader platform until the city adopts stronger governance and technical safeguards.
Ridgeley cited Flock patents and vendor features that he said enable classification of people by race, gender, height and weight, and he raised operational and…
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