# FLOCK surveillance ordinance passes
# FOX 5 San Diego — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75V3E-Hb018

AND CURRENTLY NOT ON PATROL.
SAN DIEGO CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED THE CONTINUED USAGE
OF THE CITY'S CONTROVERSIAL
LICENSE PLATE READER PROGRAM.
POLICE SAY THE TECHNOLOGY HELPS
THEM SOLVE CRIMES, BUT A RECENT
DATA BREACH HAS RAISED SOME
CONCERNS AMONG RESIDENTS.
INCLUDING ITS POTENTIAL USE
FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
OUR JAMIE CHAMBERS JOINS US
LIVE NOW DOWNTOWN WITH MORE ON
TONIGHT'S DECISION FROM THE
COUNCIL. JAMIE.
ANDREW WAS A SPLIT DECISION.
THEY WERE REALLY HAVING AN
ONGOING BACK AND FORTH ON THIS,
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY
CAN KEEP THE DATA PRIVATE AND
CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCCESS IS
WITH THE CRIMES IN THE END
AFTER ABOUT AN 8 HOUR
DISCUSSION, THEY APPROVED THIS
MEASURE 5 TO 3.
THE RISE OF DICTATORIAL RULE
IN AMERICA IS TERRIFYING HOURS
OF DEBATE SURROUNDING THE FLOCK
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS WITH
HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS WEIGHING
IN, MOSTLY TRYING TO PLEAD WITH
THE CITY COUNCIL TO SHUT DOWN
THE SYSTEM THAT AUTOMATICALLY
READS LICENSES IN THE CITY.
THIS AFTER AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF AN UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO
SOME OF THAT DATA. MAJOR FEAR
FROM SAN DIEGANS IS THIS
TECHNOLOGY MIGHT BE HELPING
FEDERAL AGENTS ROUND UP PEOPLE
IN IMMIGRATION SWEEPS OR OTHER
SURVEILLANCE. WELL, THE CITY
COUNCIL VOTED TO APPROVE THE
SURVEILLANCE CITING FLOCKS
SYSTEM'S SUCCESS AND CATCHING
VIOLENT CRIMINALS. MURDER
SUSPECTS IN CAR THIEVES.
THE COUNCIL WAS SPLIT WITH A
5 TO 3 VOTE. PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE LIKE A FEW DOLLARS LIKE
IT'S LIKE THEIR LIVES ARE
UPENDED ARE RUINED. LIKE, LIKE
THERE'S SUCH SIGNIFICANT
CONSEQUENCES. AND SO WE TALK
ABOUT RISK VERSUS REWARD.
THAT'S THE PART THAT I I I'M
NOT COMFORTABLE. I CAN LOOK
MY FOLKS IN THE EYES AND PEOPLE
ACROSS THE CITY AND SAY I
BELIEVE THAT WE CAN CONTROL
THE RISK IN SUCH A WAY THAT
WARRANT THE USE OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY CITY COUNCILMEMBER
RAUL CAMPOS SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT
FLOCK AND THE SAN DIEGO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
CAN KEEP THEIR DATA IN SAN
DIEGO'S HANDS. IF THE
TECHNOLOGY IS MISUSED FOR
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PURPOSES IS
BECAUSE CITIES ARE OFFERING IT
UP FOR THOSE PURPOSES. IT'S
NOT BECAUSE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS PIERCING THE
INFORMATION OR STEALING
INFORMATION FROM FLOCK.
THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS,
TOO, IS THAT WE HAVE THE
CAPABILITY OF SHUTTING THIS
DOWN. IF THEY COME TO TRY TO
USE IT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NOW THE CITY COUNCIL IS
REWORKING THAT CONTRACTS TRYING
TO SOLIDIFY THE LANGUAGE TO
MAKE SURE THAT IF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOES REACH OUT TO
THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. SKEWS ME
TO THE CITY OR POLICE
DEPARTMENT. THAT FLOCK WOULD
HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY
ATTORNEY AND THE CHIEF OF
POLICE BEFORE HANDING THAT
INFORMATION OVER THAT LANGUAGE