Flock cameras

Blunt critique: the city spent $7.6M on Axon and $5.5M on Flock while denying substations, and developers build unaffordable homes while working-class women with children fill shelters.

President of Stockton Democrats Together; revealed the $3.15M drone amendment was coded under an 'animal shelter study' budget string and asked the council to suspend the contract and hold a public hearing.

South Stockton youth organizer who detailed Flock's data-sharing with federal agencies and the dark web risks.

Cited Los Angeles's 32% false-alert rate and Santa Cruz's contract termination as reasons for Stockton to defund Flock.

Walked through five Flock claims he said public-records audits disproved, including data ownership and ICE-assist searches.

Mechanical engineering graduate who argued the technology violates engineering ethics canons on public safety and truthfulness.

Argued state privacy laws lack enforcement teeth and urged terminating the Flock contract.

Cited incidents of Flock executives accessing cameras trained on a girls' gymnastics class and asked the council to cancel the contract.

Praised reporter Hannah Workman and questioned whether the city's Flock camera contract is worth the money.