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Residents urge Ridgecrest to suspend Flock surveillance contract, citing misuse in other cities
Summary
Public commenters told the council the city's Flock license-plate reader system poses privacy risks; speakers cited recent contract terminations in other jurisdictions and urged written guarantees that data will not be sold and technical limits on sharing.
Several Ridgecrest residents used the public-comment period Thursday to urge the council to suspend or terminate its contract with Flock, the license-plate reader vendor the city uses for vehicle surveillance.
Michael Citra told the council that the company’s database “is a stalker’s dream,” saying the system records residents’…
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