Flock license plate readers

Argued the system is far more than an investigative tool, citing 124,000 unique vehicles logged in 30 days and inconsistencies between the presentation and prior BPD statements.

Said the public does not want the cameras regardless of their effectiveness, and that the chief should have asked before installing them two years ago.

Claimed Flock audit logs from other departments show searches without case numbers, and said the city denied his records requests; urged turning on full search-audit transparency.

Detailed a four-month discrepancy over which Flock contract terms govern the city, saying residents corrected it themselves and questioning what other claims can't be verified.

Said the transparency portal only appeared after a council member pushed, omits the list of outside agencies, and noted federal partner Midwest HIDTA includes ICE-linked members.

Argued Flock gutted the audit trail that was sold as a misuse deterrent, and that the city denied a records request for the ALPR policy itself.

An SDSU employee who drives statewide said being logged everywhere doesn't feel right, and questioned why transparency took two years.

Questioned how BPD can control data once copied by outside agencies, called the department's Facebook description misleading given vehicle fingerprinting, and asked the city not to renew the contract.