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Council highlights Flock suspension and draws public calls to limit private ALPR and other surveillance
Summary
Mayor Payne told the council the city suspended the Flock ALPR program, removed equipment and will not renew the contract; public commenters pressed for bans or regulation of private ALPR deployments and Ring‑style cameras, and urged scrutiny of surveillance near elections.
At the start of the Feb. 24 meeting Mayor Payne addressed an ongoing rally and read a statement on the city’s handling of automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) technology (often called ‘Flock’). She said the city suspended the Flock camera program in December, removed all camera equipment and will not renew the current contract with FLOC. Mayor Payne added that data outside the required 30‑day retention window for local investigations has been deleted.
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