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Residents renew privacy concerns about Flock Safety cameras; council seeks clarity on data access
Summary
A resident urged Troy to end its contract with Flock Safety's ALPR cameras, calling the technology a mass-surveillance product; council members asked staff to provide details on who can access camera data and how it is stored and shared.
At public comment the Troy City Council heard renewed privacy concerns about the city's use of automated license-plate readers (ALPR) from vendor Flock Safety.
James Cristiani said ALPR technology can create a ‘‘digital dragnet’’ of vehicles and argued the company profits from surveillance that can be misused, citing national examples where ALPRs and location data were used to track people. "It is a dangerous company that is not for public safety. It is for profit and mass surveillance," he said.
Council members acknowledged the concerns and asked staff to provide additional information about contractual controls and data ownership, including whether outside jurisdictions or third parties can access data stored in vendor cloud services. City management said they would get contract details and brief the council on data access protections and retention policies.
