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West Hollywood asks staff to review Flock license‑plate reader agreement amid immigration‑enforcement concerns
Summary
Citing national immigration enforcement and unanswered vendor questions, the council directed staff and the city attorney to review the city's agreement with automated license‑plate reader vendor Flock and return with recommendations to protect residents' data and prevent sharing with federal immigration agencies.
After public testimony and council debate, West Hollywood’s City Council unanimously directed staff to review the city's public safety camera program—specifically the automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) system provided by vendor Flock—and return with contract- and policy-based options to ensure that collected data is not shared with federal immigration enforcement agencies.
Council members Byers and Erickson led the item (F7), citing concerns that the vendor has not answered questions posed by multiple cities and that data collected by ALPR systems could be…
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