Flock cameras

Thanked officials for the Human Rights Commission panel and asked for more outreach so constituents can 'do democracy' with the city.

Lifelong county resident and forum attendee added another anti-Flock voice, noting most people don't know how many cameras exist.

Said if all the reasons given don't sway the council, it's because they don't care what constituents want.

Cited an officer sharing Flock logins with an ICE partner; asked for renewal off consent calendar and a no vote.

Urged immediate contract examination, citing ICE data access, erroneous arrests, and full-video capture.

Thanked Bañuelos for showing up at the forum; urged getting rid of the cameras and any replacement.

Quoted Flock's own statement that customers control data sharing, tying the issue to the sanctuary debate.

Read a January statement: 130 Flock cameras in Santa Rosa, $1.3M in contracts, Thiel-backed, data handed to ICE.

Demanded cameras come down tomorrow, citing officer misuse to stalk exes and data leaks.

Said the public has spoken enough — cancel the Flock contract, noting 28 Condor PTZ cameras do track people.

Brief statement: 'Santa Rosa deflock' — we have a right to our privacy.

Said she does nothing wrong but doesn't want to be watched 24/7.

Wants more than ending the Flock contract — broad protections against all AI mass surveillance, including drones.

Said the council isn't listening; noted a Florida city exited its Flock contract early and urged serious responsiveness.

Civil Liberties Task Force member thanked Alvarez and Fleming; said the group knocked hundreds of doors and this isn't left vs. right.

Called Flock unethical and law-violating; asked the council to cancel the contract and data-sharing agreements.

Said no one feels safer with more surveillance; raised racial profiling and ICE intersection concerns.

Said canvassing shows residents don't realize Santa Rosa has more Flock cameras than the rest of the county combined, and urged a vote.

Said Flock itself is untrustworthy and demanded the renewal be debated openly, not on a consent calendar; also criticized a Flock representative's treatment of a Black former official.

Suggested the council put Flock on the agenda for a real community conversation without a speaking clock.

Warned the city is sliding toward an AI-powered surveillance state and asked for public comment and a vote on the contract by end of November.

Cited a federal ruling on warrantless location searches and 160 cities that have ended Flock contracts, urging the council to do the same.

Said 400 residents opposed Flock on September 17 and asked what more the community must do to be heard.

Argued aggregating location data without suspicion is an unconstitutional search and questioned police funding priorities.

A District 5 resident speaking with the many people opposing Flock cameras.

A local teacher of 20 years said students and families, in a district nearly 60% Latinx, fear Flock compounds ICE-related surveillance concerns.

Asked the council to agendize Flock surveillance for dedicated public feedback before the January 2027 renewal.

Criticized the Flock community meeting for lacking measurable goals and not addressing abuse potential; said he doesn't trust the system or its future operators.

Asked whether Thursday's Flock camera community meeting will include visual demonstrations of how the system works.

Listed audit-log discrepancies she found: searches back to 2020 and '2036', missing reasons, search counts not matching the portal, and out-of-county agency access.

Argued the Flock contract violates Fourth Amendment privacy rights, citing Justice Brandeis, and urged Santa Rosa to join 153 other communities rejecting ALPRs.

Attended NBOP's afternoon info session; cited discrepancies between police statements and public records act responses, and urged canceling the contract and passing a surveillance ordinance.

Rapper performing as 'The Young Yay' performed an anti-Flock rap calling for cameras to come down and privacy rights protected.

Canvasser said residents weren't aware of or don't consent to Flock cameras; wants transparency at Thursday's meeting.

North Bay Organizing Project organizer cited other cities canceling Flock contracts and read testimony warning about surveillance and data centers.

Asked that the September 17 Flock camera meeting give residents equal time and be an interactive discussion, not a city presentation.

A Roseland resident criticized the plan outreach as performative, urged a straight exchange with no subsidies for the developer, and asked that the Flock camera meeting give residents equal time.

Urged the city to reconsider its Flock camera contract, saying it leaves the door open for ICE.

Opposed the Flock system and urged policies ensuring data-sharing partners follow the same laws.

Warned about third-party data collection and Flock cameras enabling ICE tracking.