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West Hollywood keeps Flock Safety cameras but orders stricter safeguards after privacy debate
Summary
The City Council voted 3–2 to continue its contract with Flock Safety while directing staff to negotiate contract amendments that tighten data-sharing limits, add penalties for inappropriate disclosures, and require transparency and audit reporting. The council gave staff 90 days to return with draft policy and contract language.
The West Hollywood City Council voted to continue its agreement with Flock Safety on automated license-plate readers and related cameras but instructed staff to secure stronger legal safeguards and public reporting.
Council action followed a five-hour review that included a staff presentation, testimony from city public-safety partners and Flock Safety representatives, and wide-ranging public comment. Danny Rivas, the city’s director of community safety, told the council the review “found measurable public safety benefits” from the system, including roughly 175 stolen vehicles recovered over three years, while also identifying risks tied to interagency data sharing.
Multiple residents and advocates urged the council to terminate the contract, citing national reports of sharing practices they called inconsistent with West Hollywood’s sanctuary and pro‑privacy commitments. “I ask that the city either terminate…
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