Flock cameras

Los Gatos High student said the council is ignoring obvious public pushback on Flock and that minors shouldn't have to worry about surveillance.

Student who lived in China said Flock cameras don't align with town values, citing compromised data and false arrests.

Asked the council to publicize data on Flock camera usage — cases, arrests, false arrests, and data leaks — as a minimum step toward ending the contract.

Urged the council to listen to students on surveillance and asked for a follow-up on the town's stalled AI policy with transparency commitments.

Said Flock data has been accessed by federal forces in other jurisdictions, and the town shouldn't continue with an unreliable vendor.

Listed Bay Area cities that canceled Flock and said the town should do the same given unknown data practices.

Called Flock a risk to women, citing a San Jose officer who used cameras to stalk a victim without a warrant.

17-year-old with DFLOC Youth worried about her movements being collected and stored, citing Mountain View's contract termination.

Warned that combining DMV real ID data with Flock tracking could enable surveillance and detention of undocumented residents.

Safety Over Surveillance coalition rep cited the San Jose stalking case and NICREC data breach, arguing no safe application of mass surveillance exists.

Saratoga resident cited a federal court ruling that ALPR data use was an unconstitutional warrantless search, and the county sheriff's expansion being rejected.

Quoted Benjamin Franklin on liberty versus safety in opposing pervasive surveillance databases.

Zoom speaker from Safety Over Surveillance cited Fourth Amendment concerns, Flock's AI training on local data, and community fear.

Urged the council to cancel the Flock contract and all ALPR contracts and not pursue another vendor, saying the business model is selling fear for data.

Praised the students and urged the council to agendize and cancel Flock and all mass surveillance technology.

Sociologist and former police accountability director cited research showing ALPRs have equivocal crime effects and urged the council to listen to the students.

With Showing Up for Racial Justice and Safety Over Surveillance, said the students are the town's future leaders and urged dropping Flock and all mass surveillance.

Nurse practitioner with 40 years' experience called for ethics review of surveillance systems, comparing them to unconsented clinical experiments.

Air Force veteran with a security studies degree said CCTV research shows no crime reduction, called the Flock contract expensive speculation, and noted the town's extremely high camera-per-capita density.

Spoke anonymously ('Pluto') about a reported fire-occupancy reduction controversy involving a council candidate, proposed fees for sports complex use, and concerns about the Saratoga police contract and Flock camera agreement.

Opposed Flock cameras in her neighborhood, citing hacking, stalking, and misuse risks.

With the Get the Flock Out Coalition, urged the council not to keep Flock cameras or take over Saratoga policing.

A high school senior warned the Saratoga deal could reactivate ~100 Flock cameras and said she doesn't want to grow up in a town that doesn't protect her privacy.

Another high school senior detailed Flock's ICE data sharing and misidentification cases, urging restrictions in both towns.

Supported the police expansion but called the item misleading, arguing the town should not expand ALPR jurisdiction without public data on effectiveness.

Urged rejection of reactivating Saratoga's ~112 Flock cameras and asked the council not to swap Flock for Axon surveillance.

Described how his neighborhood's two Flock cameras coincided with 39 crime-free months and how the system helped police track a fleeing criminal, urging support for Flock.