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Foster City council approves eight more Flock ALPR cameras after privacy questions
Summary
Foster City authorized eight additional automatic license plate readers from Flock Safety after staff described camera siting, retention (30 days) and access controls; residents raised privacy concerns and urged tighter controls and audits.
Foster City’s City Council voted to authorize the mayor to sign a contract with Flock Safety LLC to install eight additional automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), with staff and a Flock representative describing where the cameras would be sited and how the data would be handled.
The council action approved a resolution authorizing the procurement and a $24,000 annual service commitment tied to the expanded camera footprint. Police staff said the new cameras are intended to fill interior gaps in the city’s coverage and “direct our officers into the appropriate vicinity to hopefully locate the vehicle,” the police chief said during the discussion.
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