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Public commenter warns county about Flock camera data-sharing risks
Summary
During general public comment a resident cited a Berkeley attorney memo and urged caution over automated-license-plate camera data, saying the vendor Flock had reactivated a national lookup feature after jurisdictions shut it off and warning about potential data flows into federal immigration datasets.
A public commenter raised privacy and liability concerns about automated license-plate readers used in some jurisdictions and urged the board to consider legal risks when authorizing or operating such systems.
The speaker referenced a memo from a Berkeley city attorney that said it "did appear that Flock unilaterally reactivated the national lookup feature in several West Coast jurisdictions after those jurisdictions have shut the feature off, opening those networks to other agencies." The commenter said Berkeleyattorneys were concerned about unauthorized data sharing and noted the political and financial imbalance that can make litigation daunting for smaller jurisdictions.
Chair Swarthout thanked the speaker; later in the meeting a supervisor said the sheriff would prepare a presentation on the technology and that a related staff briefing would be scheduled for August.
The remarks were part of a broader set of public comments and did not prompt immediate board action during the meeting.
