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Residents, scholars and advocates urge Richmond to end Flock Safety ALPR contract
Summary
Dozens of Richmond residents, academics and civil-rights advocates told council during public comment that the city's contract with Flock Safety's automatic license-plate readers harms privacy and is deployed unevenly; speakers cited documented unauthorized access by federal agents and asked the mayor and council to cancel the contract.
Dozens of Richmond residents, scholars and civil-rights advocates told the City Council during public comment that the city should end its contract with Flock Safety, a private vendor that sells automated license-plate readers (ALPRs).
Speakers urged the mayor and council to cancel the contract on the grounds of privacy, racial equity and data-security risks. "Flock Safety is a private company that has anecdotally been said it's essential to solving crime, but most of the empirical evidence demonstrating effectiveness primarily comes from the company itself," said Jing Lei, a resident of the 1st District.
Experts and advocates framed their case around…
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