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Public Safety Committee reports consensus in favor of Flock cameras and discusses accreditation
Summary
A Public Safety Committee report said members generally viewed Flock (block) surveillance cameras positively for solving crimes and discussed accreditation and data-retention practices; committee members noted information would be deleted after approximately three weeks.
A report from the Public Safety Committee at the Feb. 24 council meeting described committee discussion of police accreditation and Flock (block) surveillance cameras.
A committee member who reported out said the committee had discussed the cameras in detail and that it was "pretty much the consensus" they are "very good for our public safety and very good for the community." The committee also discussed data-retention practices; the reporting member said information would be deleted after roughly three weeks to avoid permanent storage.
The committee noted examples where block cameras had helped solve crimes and members indicated they felt comfortable speaking with the public about the technology given the committee discussion. No formal vote on deploying or expanding cameras occurred at the meeting; the report was informational.
Council members thanked the committee for its report and raised no formal objections in the meeting record.
