Flock license plate readers

A Shaker Heights High ninth grader said the city should cancel its Flock contract, arguing residents shouldn't have their movements placed in a system searchable by hundreds of outside agencies including ICE.

Cited public records showing Shaker Heights Flock data was accessed more than 700,000 times by law enforcement agencies, with 282 immigration searches and 32 ICE searches this year.

Thanked the city for transparency that revealed immigration searches, but called the resulting guardrails untenable and asked for a public community conversation with Flock.

Welcomed youth participation in civic decisions and argued the city's safeguards don't go far enough, saying data shared with outside agencies is beyond the city's control.

A cybersecurity professional who argued no tech company provides real guardrails, and that Flock's contract terms give it exclusive rights over data use even after cancellation.

A Solon resident who cited firmware vulnerabilities in Flock cameras and its irrevocable data licenses, concluding the technology cannot be trusted.

Asked why the contract hasn't been cancelled, objected to tax dollars funding it, and requested a public hearing on Flock use and data protections.

Said the city doesn't need cameras invading privacy and that the money would be better spent on a safe teen gathering space; also requested a public hearing.

Said residents have asked for six months for the city to understand Flock's role in mass surveillance and believes the administration doesn't care how residents feel.

Urged the administration to grant the public hearing so residents feel engaged in real dialogue, saying the city hears residents but isn't responsive.

A Cleveland resident who argued surveillance is not crime prevention, guardrails don't work on a system wired for national surveillance, and asked council to cancel the contract.

Cited Flock's security flaws and polls showing about 70% of Ohioans oppose Flock; urged a public hearing to learn what residents think.

A Boulevard resident who said Flock tracks people as well as cars and that being in Shaker doesn't make residents immune to the national data network; asked for a public hearing.

A former Safety and Public Works Committee member who said the committee's 2023 questions about data access, mission creep, and accuracy were answered untruthfully, and asked for a public hearing.

Argued the cameras don't prevent or solve crimes, questioned who audits the searches, and asked the Mayor to cancel the contract that day.

Urged the Mayor to cancel the Flock contract, citing an FBI raid on an Ohio voting-rights organization and 159,256 searches of Shaker cameras by 361 outside entities in May.

Cited 18 convictions of officers using Flock cameras to track ex-partners and dangers to immigrant neighbors.

Said the contract changes are a step in the right direction but still urged cancellation, citing privacy, civil liberties, transparency failures, and the $750 body-cam footage fee.

Pressed detailed technical questions — encryption keys, AWS tenancy, audit log review, 287(g) monitoring — and argued Flock can't be trusted regardless of contract changes.

Said the mayor's 'tools in the toolbox' rationale shows the city doesn't grasp how dangerous mass surveillance is; called it an overreaction and asked for specific justifying uses.