Flock cameras

Opposed Flock cameras, citing stalking misuse cases, data scraping, warrantless access, and lack of oversight.

Read a statement by an Ohio State professor calling Flock a 'pre-crime' surveillance system violating Fourth Amendment rights; urged safeguards or removal.

First remote speaker since COVID; questioned whether the council serves residents or corporations regarding ALPR data.

Said Indivisible Orange sees no reason to spend money renaming libraries, and urged the council to watch developments around Flock camera contracts.

Spoke in opposition to the camera agreements.

Cited privacy rights, the state ALPR law, and ICE data-sharing fears; quoted Benjamin Franklin.

Compared camera surveillance to authoritarian regimes and raised Flock-Palantir and hacking concerns.

Questioned the cost, civil-rights lawsuits elsewhere, and urged the city to follow Santa Cruz and Flagstaff in rejecting Flock.

Argued the cameras create dragnet surveillance akin to communism and warned of lawsuits; urged the money go to police staffing instead.

Detailed Flock's surveillance network in Orange and warned about tracking near schools and lack of encryption.