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Agenda Item
3 26-0189 Subject: OPD Community Safety Camera System, And FLOCK Safety Contract
From: Oakland Police Department
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Approving The Oakland Police Department Surveillance Use Policy "DGO I-32.1 - Community Safety Camera System" And The Acquisition Of Security Cameras And Related Technology; (2) Awarding A Two Year Agreement To Flock Safety For Acquisition Of Automated License Plate Reader And Pan Tilt Zoom Cameras, Operating System Technology, And Related Services At A Cost Not To Exceed Two-Million Two-Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Five-Hundred Dollars ($2,252,500); And (3) Waiving The Competitive Multiple-Step Solicitation Process Required For The Acquisition Of Information Technology Systems And Waiving The Local And Small Local Business Enterprise Program Requirements
I strongly oppose the proposal to further integrate Flock into our communities. Across the country Flock has been used to target people suspected of being in the country illegally, people suspected of having gotten abortions, and generally used to surveil our communities. We need to proactive approaches to public safety, not increased surveillance that will inevitably feed our data to Trump’s federal government, thereby putting us all at risk.
I am an Oakland resident, living in D2, and I want you to take the Privacy Advisory Commission's recommendation and say NO to FLOCK. FLOCK cameras endanger Oakland residents. There is a proven track record of the data they record being used by ICE, which would endanger Oakland's Sanctuary City status, as well as putting people seeking abortion or gender-affirming care at risk. Beyond that, it would be a bad use of our extremely limited funds!
I am resident of District 1. Oakland is a Sanctuary City, but our cameras are vulnerable. Mass surveillance systems like ALPRs and Flock will collect data that the Trump Administration will seize. The lack of meaningful safeguards and Flock’s own history of broken promises is exactly what your own experts on the Privacy Advisory Commission warned about when it rejected FlockOS in a 4-2 vote.
OPD's Community Safety Camera System And FLOCK Safety Contract fails on every measure. This resolution should be rejected because it:
- Threatens sanctuary city protections by creating surveillance infrastructure that will be exploited by federal immigration enforcement, despite Oakland's ongoing litigation to defend sanctuary jurisdictions.
- Abandons local economic development by waiving L/SLBE requirements and sending $2.25 million to a Georgia corporation instead of investing in Oakland businesses.
- Integrates private cameras into government surveillance networks, transforming voluntary security systems into mandatory law enforcement tools.
- Ignores expert civilian oversight by proceeding despite the Privacy Advisory Commission's 4-2 vote recommending rejection.
- Contracts with an untrustworthy vendor that has admitted to using 50 million stolen data points, partnered with ICE despite sanctuary policies, and whose CEO has been documented lying to communities.
Oakland and OPD have been going downhill since Jerry Brown's term at the expense of safety. OPD needs all the tools they can get at their disposal. These cameras have allowed OPD to do their job. Without them crimes will go unsolved, staffing in OPD is at disastrous low level. We have had leadership feeding into the mantra that OPD needs to be shut down. People are leaving Oakland!! Crime is out of control and new hires are few and scared. We are in a new age where technology is key for services to function. The turnover in OPD is drastic due tom the poor leadership that represents Oakland. Times have got to change and Oakland as a whole, needs to be represented by a leadership that promotes safety, cleanliness and growth. Taking away the tools that gives the department the ability to function and solve crime and other issues is worse than a slap in the face to its citizens!!
A perfect example is how the shooter who shot the Coach at Laney was tracked and found; CAMERAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I work in District 3 and want to add my voice to everyone asking you to oppose the contract with Flock. If we have learned anything after hundreds of years in this carceral society, it is that criminalization and surveillance are not effective solutions for social problems. What we need is an economy that works for more people and meets everyone's basic needs; investment in community rather than expanded criminalization and deportation.
I am concerned by the risks that OPD's use of Flock surveillance systems would introduce by connecting Ring cameras, business cameras, and drones into one nationwide tracking network—a network which ICE and other federal agencies can access for deportation investigations. Please follow the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission's recommendation to reject OPD's proposed use policy and contract with Flock Safety.
Please take the recommendations of the Oakland Privacy Commissioners and reject the proposed OPD Community Safety Camera System use policy and FLOCK Safety Contract. I have serious concerns about OPD handing Flock Safety real-time surveillance access to track the movements of millions of Oaklanders and Bay Area residents—gutting our privacy protections and trampling constitutional rights. These cameras would violate our status as a sanctuary city by creating surveillance infrastructure that will be exploited by federal immigration enforcement. Flock has a history of sharing clients’ ALPR data with ICE and federal agencies despite promises to the contrary.
State shield laws can't protect data once it exists — endangering both immigrants and people seeking abortions or gender-affirming care: Illinois and Washington prohibit ALPR use for abortion investigations, but Texas police accessed their data anyway through Flock's nationwide network, searching 83,000+ cameras to track abortion patients across state lines.
FlockOS is ineffective and a waste of public resources. A 2025 study in Oak Park found that 99% of FlockOS alerts resulted in zero police action. Flock technology doesn’t deliver on its public safety promises—this is why Oak Park and 5 other cities—Eugene, Evanston, Austin, Denver, and Sedona—terminated their Flock contracts in 2025. Why would we spend $2.25M for surveillance that generates overwhelming false positives with minimal investigative value?
Flock will not keep us safe. Mass surveillance will only further endanger our vulnerable communities and contribute to the incarceration industry without doing anything to address root causes of crime. We need to invest in measures that actually support people and foster safety. SAY NO to FLOCK.
Please protect and expand use of security cameras and related technology to make Oakland safer. This is more critical now than ever, given OPD's dangerously low staffing.
In 2025 alone, Flock cameras helped OPD make about 100 arrests, recover 30 vehicles and 30 firearms, and solve multiple shootings and carjackings — with significant drops in robberies citywide. Through the recent Oakland CoC poll, we also know that nearly two-thirds of Oakland residents support surveillance cameras deployed across the city.
Oakland Police Department’s Flock program is bound by strict privacy rules. Access to data is limited to investigations of serious crimes, and use is logged and audited. Images automatically expire after 30 days.
OPD’s data-sharing settings comply with California sanctuary laws and prohibit access by federal immigration enforcement. State legislation (AB1300) further strengthens penalties for any misuse of data by local agencies.
Please make data-driven decisions and do what is right for Oakland.
I’ve lived & worked in Oakland over 15 years. I urge you to reject the OPD Community Safety Camera System use policy & FLOCK Safety Contract.
A contract with Flock threatens Oakland's sanctuary city protections, creating surveillance infrastructure federal immigration enforcement will exploit, despite Oakland's efforts to defend sanctuary jurisdictions. Companies like Flock are largely unregulated—Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission named this when it rejected OPD’s use policy & Flock contract.
Your own experts noted Flock Safety has proven itself untrustworthy. Commissioners highlighted Flock's history of using millions of stolen data points, sharing clients’ ALPR data with ICE and U.S. Border Patrol, despite promises to the contrary, & being "willing to lie" about it. Even with California's SB 34 law prohibiting data sharing with federal agencies, seven accessed Oakland's data in July 2025 for immigration purposes.
Flock has a reported history of misrepresenting the effectiveness of its surveillance at reducing crime, attributing their systems to crime reductions that took place before cameras were installed. Over 99% of ALPR hits in neighboring Piedmont didn’t result in actual leads.
If we contract with, then terminate Flock, there's no guarantee the company will end its surveillance. Flock was recently caught sharing data with ICE & re-installing cameras even after cities terminated their contracts.
Contracting with Flock is fiscally irresponsible & reckless
I’m a nearly-40 year Oaklander, and have served the community in many different capacities. I’m currently a board member of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, which represents and supports small and minority businesses that have been negatively impacted by crime. I support this item, as well as supporting the full staffing of OPD to serve our Oakland community, as identified by Mayor Lee.
As a resident of District 2, I strongly oppose Flock cameras and surveillance in our city. It will make us all less safe and only hurt our community. We do not have the money to spend on this and have cut money from other systems that would make our community much safer. We need to find alternatives to the surveillance, such as community ambassadors, and help clean up our streets. We cannot trust that the data Flock collects will not be shared, and we are putting all the data OPD collects at risk of being shared and used by the federal government. Oakland does not have the money to enter into this contract and is making a mistake! There are many better ways to spend the money we do have that would keep us safer and would create communities of care and safety! Flock is not trustworthy!
Please consider that other cities have cancelled their contracts due to breaches by Flock. This is a bad deal for Oakland. Please oppose it! It is not safe, wastes resources, and will not keep people in Oakland safe.
Greetings. I live and work in District 3. I am writing to strongly urge you to accept the recommendations of Oakland privacy commissioners and reject the proposed OPD Community Safety Camera System use policy and FLOCK Safety Contract. FLOCK will combine information from almost every private and public security camera system as well as license plate readers into a single database that can be shared, including with ICE and the Trump Administration, without a warrant or any other protections. This expansion would make it even easier to target, track, and criminalize Black, Brown, and unhoused residents, directly violating Oakland’s sanctuary city commitments. The city of Oakland should not contract with an untrustworthy vendor that has admitted to using 50 million stolen data points, partnered with ICE despite sanctuary policies, and whose CEO has been documented lying to communities. Do not ignore expert civilian oversight - protect our privacy, so no to FLOCK!
As a resident and someone who runs a large business in Oakland, I strongly support the use of the Flock camera system in Oakland. We are vastly short on law enforcement in a town that really needs it (and we are seeing a mass influx of new officers anytime soon), so we should use any bit of technology to our advantage. Flock has guaranteed that they are not giving info out to ICE or the Feds, there's only a 30 day retention on video footage. Why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to public safety? Anyone who uses social media is already at greater risk of losing their privacy than potentially saving lives through the Flock system.
I am a resident of District 2, and I am strongly opposed to the expansion of Flock, creating a surveillance state.
We need to balance public safety with civil liberties. Some cameras are good, but not the expansion of Flock. This poses more of a threat to us as Oakland residents, since innocent behavior can now be surveilled.
How would we like it if any of our neighbors fly drones over houses? If we do not like this, we should not permit our city government to do the same with such cameras.
Cities across the country have turned their back on Flock. It’s a profit-making company that will do their best to sell their product. We should not be deceived. Other cities did not take the bait, and neither should we.
This money is better invested in proven resources to better our community.
I strongly oppose Flock cameras in Oakland. We do not need more surveillance which will inevitably be used to target our most vulnerable communities. We have seen what the federal administration is willing to do to kidnap noncitizens and citizens all over the country. I do not trust that a network of cameras constantly collecting footage and data will not be used as a tool to further tear apart our communities and enact political repression. Flock is a private corporation and I don’t believe municipal contract amendments that prohibit them from sharing data with ICE, etc. will actually prevent the current federal government from seeking and obtaining that information. We should be protecting Oaklanders, not exposing them to more intrusion and fear mongering. We should be spending money on things we know prevent crime, like education, food security services, job creation, and art programs.
Please, please, please! Support this. We are the second highest crime rate city in the US. OPD needs every asset possible and since they are down 300 officers, this should be a no-brainer. Council needs to do better to keep this community safer.
I'm deeply concerned about how the data being collected by this private for-profit company will be used and stored now in the future. Even ignoring the possibility of Flock (and its associated data) being sold in the future, Flock has been under scrutiny across the country for not adhering to cybersecurity best practices, and for errors and misuse of their cameras that have lead to wrongful detentions - and the cities and police departments associated with those mistakes have faced lawsuits. This company is motivated by profit, which means this contract is incredibly expensive, while not offering much in return - Flock has been found to inflate its effectiveness at reducing crime. What Flock IS effective at is eroding civil liberties and privacy, and creating a huge potential for misuse - in other cities, cops have been arrested for using it to stalk their exes, for example. We need restrictions on when and how this data can be accessed, how and how long it is stored, and protections for citizens against the risks and pitfalls of mass surveillance, BEFORE expanding Flock - let's not be a city that spies on its residents. I would feel safer if this contract was terminated until a comprehensive independent audit on effectiveness and data privacy was conducted. Further, Oakland has declared itself a sanctuary city, and this has to be backed up by actions to protect immigrants - increasing mass surveillance dragnets such as Flock does the opposite.
I oppose this contract. My name is Ned and I've been an Oakland resident since 2008. I work as a software engineer at a local tech company that contracts with government agencies across the country, including in Alameda County. Our application handles sensitive personal data about hundreds of thousands of people, including some of our neighbors. There are no mechanisms of oversight in our industry to ensure that we obey laws that restrict what we do with this data. A company's legal department works to insulate them from legal liability, but in practice nothing protects the sensitive personal data of our county's residents except the integrity of the people running our company. Luckily, the company I work for is run by people with good values. Flock is not run by people with good values. They have demonstrated repeatedly a lack of integrity in honoring agreements around data privacy, and are affiliated with parties capable of insulating them from legal responsibility for such breaches. If we sign this agreement, no one in the Oakland city government will be able to control what Flock does with our personal data. There are a lot of voters who haven't heard about this yet, but who care about their privacy and their neighbors' safety. When Flock proves untrustworthy with our personal data, these votes and I will hold you accountable for the decisions you make now.
I strongly oppose the proposal to further integrate Flock into our communities. Across the country Flock has been used to target people suspected of being in the country illegally, people suspected of having gotten abortions, and generally used to surveil our communities. We need to proactive approaches to public safety, not increased surveillance that will inevitably feed our data to Trump’s federal government, thereby putting us all at risk.
I am an Oakland resident, living in D2, and I want you to take the Privacy Advisory Commission's recommendation and say NO to FLOCK. FLOCK cameras endanger Oakland residents. There is a proven track record of the data they record being used by ICE, which would endanger Oakland's Sanctuary City status, as well as putting people seeking abortion or gender-affirming care at risk. Beyond that, it would be a bad use of our extremely limited funds!
I am resident of District 1. Oakland is a Sanctuary City, but our cameras are vulnerable. Mass surveillance systems like ALPRs and Flock will collect data that the Trump Administration will seize. The lack of meaningful safeguards and Flock’s own history of broken promises is exactly what your own experts on the Privacy Advisory Commission warned about when it rejected FlockOS in a 4-2 vote.
OPD's Community Safety Camera System And FLOCK Safety Contract fails on every measure. This resolution should be rejected because it:
- Threatens sanctuary city protections by creating surveillance infrastructure that will be exploited by federal immigration enforcement, despite Oakland's ongoing litigation to defend sanctuary jurisdictions.
- Abandons local economic development by waiving L/SLBE requirements and sending $2.25 million to a Georgia corporation instead of investing in Oakland businesses.
- Integrates private cameras into government surveillance networks, transforming voluntary security systems into mandatory law enforcement tools.
- Ignores expert civilian oversight by proceeding despite the Privacy Advisory Commission's 4-2 vote recommending rejection.
- Contracts with an untrustworthy vendor that has admitted to using 50 million stolen data points, partnered with ICE despite sanctuary policies, and whose CEO has been documented lying to communities.
We need this type of technology to not only solve crimes but to prevent them as well.
Oakland and OPD have been going downhill since Jerry Brown's term at the expense of safety. OPD needs all the tools they can get at their disposal. These cameras have allowed OPD to do their job. Without them crimes will go unsolved, staffing in OPD is at disastrous low level. We have had leadership feeding into the mantra that OPD needs to be shut down. People are leaving Oakland!! Crime is out of control and new hires are few and scared. We are in a new age where technology is key for services to function. The turnover in OPD is drastic due tom the poor leadership that represents Oakland. Times have got to change and Oakland as a whole, needs to be represented by a leadership that promotes safety, cleanliness and growth. Taking away the tools that gives the department the ability to function and solve crime and other issues is worse than a slap in the face to its citizens!!
A perfect example is how the shooter who shot the Coach at Laney was tracked and found; CAMERAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I work in District 3 and want to add my voice to everyone asking you to oppose the contract with Flock. If we have learned anything after hundreds of years in this carceral society, it is that criminalization and surveillance are not effective solutions for social problems. What we need is an economy that works for more people and meets everyone's basic needs; investment in community rather than expanded criminalization and deportation.
I am concerned by the risks that OPD's use of Flock surveillance systems would introduce by connecting Ring cameras, business cameras, and drones into one nationwide tracking network—a network which ICE and other federal agencies can access for deportation investigations. Please follow the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission's recommendation to reject OPD's proposed use policy and contract with Flock Safety.
Please take the recommendations of the Oakland Privacy Commissioners and reject the proposed OPD Community Safety Camera System use policy and FLOCK Safety Contract. I have serious concerns about OPD handing Flock Safety real-time surveillance access to track the movements of millions of Oaklanders and Bay Area residents—gutting our privacy protections and trampling constitutional rights. These cameras would violate our status as a sanctuary city by creating surveillance infrastructure that will be exploited by federal immigration enforcement. Flock has a history of sharing clients’ ALPR data with ICE and federal agencies despite promises to the contrary.
State shield laws can't protect data once it exists — endangering both immigrants and people seeking abortions or gender-affirming care: Illinois and Washington prohibit ALPR use for abortion investigations, but Texas police accessed their data anyway through Flock's nationwide network, searching 83,000+ cameras to track abortion patients across state lines.
FlockOS is ineffective and a waste of public resources. A 2025 study in Oak Park found that 99% of FlockOS alerts resulted in zero police action. Flock technology doesn’t deliver on its public safety promises—this is why Oak Park and 5 other cities—Eugene, Evanston, Austin, Denver, and Sedona—terminated their Flock contracts in 2025. Why would we spend $2.25M for surveillance that generates overwhelming false positives with minimal investigative value?
NO FLOCK.
Flock will not keep us safe. Mass surveillance will only further endanger our vulnerable communities and contribute to the incarceration industry without doing anything to address root causes of crime. We need to invest in measures that actually support people and foster safety. SAY NO to FLOCK.
Please protect and expand use of security cameras and related technology to make Oakland safer. This is more critical now than ever, given OPD's dangerously low staffing.
In 2025 alone, Flock cameras helped OPD make about 100 arrests, recover 30 vehicles and 30 firearms, and solve multiple shootings and carjackings — with significant drops in robberies citywide. Through the recent Oakland CoC poll, we also know that nearly two-thirds of Oakland residents support surveillance cameras deployed across the city.
Oakland Police Department’s Flock program is bound by strict privacy rules. Access to data is limited to investigations of serious crimes, and use is logged and audited. Images automatically expire after 30 days.
OPD’s data-sharing settings comply with California sanctuary laws and prohibit access by federal immigration enforcement. State legislation (AB1300) further strengthens penalties for any misuse of data by local agencies.
Please make data-driven decisions and do what is right for Oakland.
I’ve lived & worked in Oakland over 15 years. I urge you to reject the OPD Community Safety Camera System use policy & FLOCK Safety Contract.
A contract with Flock threatens Oakland's sanctuary city protections, creating surveillance infrastructure federal immigration enforcement will exploit, despite Oakland's efforts to defend sanctuary jurisdictions. Companies like Flock are largely unregulated—Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission named this when it rejected OPD’s use policy & Flock contract.
Your own experts noted Flock Safety has proven itself untrustworthy. Commissioners highlighted Flock's history of using millions of stolen data points, sharing clients’ ALPR data with ICE and U.S. Border Patrol, despite promises to the contrary, & being "willing to lie" about it. Even with California's SB 34 law prohibiting data sharing with federal agencies, seven accessed Oakland's data in July 2025 for immigration purposes.
Flock has a reported history of misrepresenting the effectiveness of its surveillance at reducing crime, attributing their systems to crime reductions that took place before cameras were installed. Over 99% of ALPR hits in neighboring Piedmont didn’t result in actual leads.
If we contract with, then terminate Flock, there's no guarantee the company will end its surveillance. Flock was recently caught sharing data with ICE & re-installing cameras even after cities terminated their contracts.
Contracting with Flock is fiscally irresponsible & reckless
I’m a nearly-40 year Oaklander, and have served the community in many different capacities. I’m currently a board member of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, which represents and supports small and minority businesses that have been negatively impacted by crime. I support this item, as well as supporting the full staffing of OPD to serve our Oakland community, as identified by Mayor Lee.
As a resident of District 2, I strongly oppose Flock cameras and surveillance in our city. It will make us all less safe and only hurt our community. We do not have the money to spend on this and have cut money from other systems that would make our community much safer. We need to find alternatives to the surveillance, such as community ambassadors, and help clean up our streets. We cannot trust that the data Flock collects will not be shared, and we are putting all the data OPD collects at risk of being shared and used by the federal government. Oakland does not have the money to enter into this contract and is making a mistake! There are many better ways to spend the money we do have that would keep us safer and would create communities of care and safety! Flock is not trustworthy!
Please consider that other cities have cancelled their contracts due to breaches by Flock. This is a bad deal for Oakland. Please oppose it! It is not safe, wastes resources, and will not keep people in Oakland safe.
Greetings. I live and work in District 3. I am writing to strongly urge you to accept the recommendations of Oakland privacy commissioners and reject the proposed OPD Community Safety Camera System use policy and FLOCK Safety Contract. FLOCK will combine information from almost every private and public security camera system as well as license plate readers into a single database that can be shared, including with ICE and the Trump Administration, without a warrant or any other protections. This expansion would make it even easier to target, track, and criminalize Black, Brown, and unhoused residents, directly violating Oakland’s sanctuary city commitments. The city of Oakland should not contract with an untrustworthy vendor that has admitted to using 50 million stolen data points, partnered with ICE despite sanctuary policies, and whose CEO has been documented lying to communities. Do not ignore expert civilian oversight - protect our privacy, so no to FLOCK!
As a resident and someone who runs a large business in Oakland, I strongly support the use of the Flock camera system in Oakland. We are vastly short on law enforcement in a town that really needs it (and we are seeing a mass influx of new officers anytime soon), so we should use any bit of technology to our advantage. Flock has guaranteed that they are not giving info out to ICE or the Feds, there's only a 30 day retention on video footage. Why do we keep shooting ourselves in the foot when it comes to public safety? Anyone who uses social media is already at greater risk of losing their privacy than potentially saving lives through the Flock system.
I am a resident of District 2, and I am strongly opposed to the expansion of Flock, creating a surveillance state.
We need to balance public safety with civil liberties. Some cameras are good, but not the expansion of Flock. This poses more of a threat to us as Oakland residents, since innocent behavior can now be surveilled.
How would we like it if any of our neighbors fly drones over houses? If we do not like this, we should not permit our city government to do the same with such cameras.
Cities across the country have turned their back on Flock. It’s a profit-making company that will do their best to sell their product. We should not be deceived. Other cities did not take the bait, and neither should we.
This money is better invested in proven resources to better our community.
A strong NO to Flock.
I strongly oppose Flock cameras in Oakland. We do not need more surveillance which will inevitably be used to target our most vulnerable communities. We have seen what the federal administration is willing to do to kidnap noncitizens and citizens all over the country. I do not trust that a network of cameras constantly collecting footage and data will not be used as a tool to further tear apart our communities and enact political repression. Flock is a private corporation and I don’t believe municipal contract amendments that prohibit them from sharing data with ICE, etc. will actually prevent the current federal government from seeking and obtaining that information. We should be protecting Oaklanders, not exposing them to more intrusion and fear mongering. We should be spending money on things we know prevent crime, like education, food security services, job creation, and art programs.
Please, please, please! Support this. We are the second highest crime rate city in the US. OPD needs every asset possible and since they are down 300 officers, this should be a no-brainer. Council needs to do better to keep this community safer.
I'm deeply concerned about how the data being collected by this private for-profit company will be used and stored now in the future. Even ignoring the possibility of Flock (and its associated data) being sold in the future, Flock has been under scrutiny across the country for not adhering to cybersecurity best practices, and for errors and misuse of their cameras that have lead to wrongful detentions - and the cities and police departments associated with those mistakes have faced lawsuits. This company is motivated by profit, which means this contract is incredibly expensive, while not offering much in return - Flock has been found to inflate its effectiveness at reducing crime. What Flock IS effective at is eroding civil liberties and privacy, and creating a huge potential for misuse - in other cities, cops have been arrested for using it to stalk their exes, for example. We need restrictions on when and how this data can be accessed, how and how long it is stored, and protections for citizens against the risks and pitfalls of mass surveillance, BEFORE expanding Flock - let's not be a city that spies on its residents. I would feel safer if this contract was terminated until a comprehensive independent audit on effectiveness and data privacy was conducted. Further, Oakland has declared itself a sanctuary city, and this has to be backed up by actions to protect immigrants - increasing mass surveillance dragnets such as Flock does the opposite.
I oppose this contract. My name is Ned and I've been an Oakland resident since 2008. I work as a software engineer at a local tech company that contracts with government agencies across the country, including in Alameda County. Our application handles sensitive personal data about hundreds of thousands of people, including some of our neighbors. There are no mechanisms of oversight in our industry to ensure that we obey laws that restrict what we do with this data. A company's legal department works to insulate them from legal liability, but in practice nothing protects the sensitive personal data of our county's residents except the integrity of the people running our company. Luckily, the company I work for is run by people with good values. Flock is not run by people with good values. They have demonstrated repeatedly a lack of integrity in honoring agreements around data privacy, and are affiliated with parties capable of insulating them from legal responsibility for such breaches. If we sign this agreement, no one in the Oakland city government will be able to control what Flock does with our personal data. There are a lot of voters who haven't heard about this yet, but who care about their privacy and their neighbors' safety. When Flock proves untrustworthy with our personal data, these votes and I will hold you accountable for the decisions you make now.