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Resident urges Menlo Park to cancel Flock Safety license-plate reader contract, citing privacy and ICE ties
Summary
A Menlo Park resident urged the council to agendize cancelling the city's contract with Flock Safety, arguing the vendor collects extensive data and has ties to federal agencies; the comment cited other cities that have severed contracts and quoted an email from Flock's CEO calling activists "normalize lawlessness."
During public comment the City Council heard from Scott Hirscher, who identified himself as a San Mateo County rapid responder, organizer with a local activist group called The Wolves and a Menlo Park resident. Hirscher urged the council to agendize cancelling Menlo Park’s contract with Flock Safety, the vendor that supplies…
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