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Berkeley is extending its contract with the surveillance company Flock Safety but halting a proposed major expansion that would have added drones and more cameras to the city\u2019s system.<\/p>\n

The City Council\u2019s vote Thursday night comes after a leaked memo from the city attorney\u2019s office pointing to high-profile instances in other cities where data from Flock\u2019s automated license plate readers was shared with outside agencies. The memo warned council members that Flock might not be able to comply with contractual obligations not to share their data with other customers, including federal immigration enforcement and out-of-state agencies.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFlock\u2019s track record raises serious concerns about data sharing, accountability and oversight,\u201d Mayor Adena Ishii said ahead of the meeting. \u201cOne, I do not trust Flock as a company, and two, I don\u2019t trust our current federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Although the City Council approved up to 12 more months of Flock\u2019s automated license plate readers, it voted against the Berkeley Police Department\u2019s request to add drones, more cameras and new technology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nBerkeley Extends Surveillance Contract With Flock Safety but Rejects Major Expansion - Sacramento Moving Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=357\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Berkeley Extends Surveillance Contract With Flock Safety but Rejects Major Expansion - 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