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Elk Grove council approves consent calendar that includes Flock ALPR contract amendment after multiple residents urged delay
Summary
Residents urged the council to remove consent item 7.11 — an amendment/expansion of the city's Flock Safety ALPR contract — and to wait for a California DOJ audit; the council approved the consent calendar on a voice vote after the police chief and city attorney defended the city's practices and procurement discretion.
Elk Grove — The City Council on Wednesday approved its consent calendar, including a proposed amendment to the city's Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) contract, after a lengthy wave of public comment urging the item be pulled and continued until an independent California Department of Justice audit is complete.
Scores of residents raised concerns during the public comment period about the proposed waiver of competitive bidding and the privacy and security of Flock's national data ecosystem. "There is no market analysis, no comparison of vendors, and no cost benchmarking," said Ellen B., urging the council to reject the waiver and require a competitive process. Several other speakers asked the council to suspend any contract expansion until the DOJ…
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