Flock camera contract

A young resident asked Council to cancel the Flock contract, citing confirmed ICE use of Shaker's Flock data and warning Council will be remembered for not standing up to the Trump administration.

Read a StopICE.net report arguing ICE uses Flock data to track immigrants' daily routes and trap them; said the only protection is to stop capturing the data.

Asked the Mayor again to cancel the Flock contract, crediting resident advocacy for the June 19 contract changes but saying the data will still be shared.

Argued the Flock cameras are part of an emerging surveillance state and the issue is about preserving civil liberties nationwide.

Said Shaker's police were excellent before Flock and the data network the City can't control poses real danger; noted 90 cities have now canceled.

Cited the contract's irrevocable data license, Amazon storage, and 1,500 Northeast Ohio Fusion Center queries of Shaker data, urging rejection of all mass surveillance.

Argued crime statistics don't support mass surveillance and asked Council to invest in residents' lives — mental health, youth spaces — over surveillance.

Asked what technical safeguards exist and urged Council to reconsider the Flock contract and all ALPRs, warning technology is being used against law-abiding citizens.