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Residents urge Ridgecrest to cancel Flock surveillance contract over alleged data sharing
Summary
Public commenters urged Ridgecrest city council to review and potentially end the city’s contract with Flock, citing alleged improper employee access, redacted logs, out‑of‑state sharing and contract clauses that allow training‑data use; the mayor said staff and legal counsel will review the contract.
Public commenters told the Ridgecrest City Council on April 1 that the city should end its contract with Flock, the vendor that operates the city’s 24 automated license‑plate and object‑recognition cameras, citing what they described as evidence of improper data access and questionable contract language.
Resident Mike Litetra asked the council to “rid us of this plague,” saying Flock employees have used search tools across networks nationwide and that audit logs and internal recordings show employees viewing live camera networks and altering logs. “They are abusing the system. We know it. They know it. And all they care to do about it is hide the evidence,” Litetra said.
Another resident, Jamie Jones, told the…
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