Surveillance technology

Urged the council to turn off Flock cameras, citing an Arcadia child abuse case uncovered by a doctor rather than surveillance and a new federal ruling on warrantless AI surveillance searches.

Distributed materials on Flock ALPR data errors and urged caution on surveillance technology procurement.

Announced upcoming Public Safety Committee meetings on Flock cameras (May 18) and the police budget (May 28), urging residents to attend.

A District 2 resident and surveillance-tech instructor said the city's 61 Flock cameras and planned data fusion center are the cause of, not the fix for, broken community trust.

Opposed Flock cameras and a data fusion center, saying data-driven policing is the cause of the city's trust problems, not the cure.

Criticized the city's 'surveillance shopping spree' — ALPRs, cell site simulator, ShotSpotter, park cameras — and urged guardrails and public input.

Urged the city to reconsider its surveillance acquisitions and adopt guardrails, citing ALPRs, ShotSpotter, and a real-time crime center.

Announced May 18 and May 28 Public Safety Committee meetings on Flock and PPD budget, urging residents to attend.

Opposed three unfunded police surveillance line items in the budget and criticized defunding the health department, urging investment in health and housing instead.

Urged the council to prohibit surveillance technology including Flock, Palantir, and Motorola as part of any ICE response.

Criticized the Flock contract disclosure proposal as too weak and urged independent verification and removal of Flock cameras.