Overview
- Cameras were installed at 18 locations, with a 60-day warning period before speeding citations begin in mid-March.
- The City Council approved the contract in a 7-1 vote, maintaining a 293-camera system and working with Verra Mobility to run the program.
- The Oakland Police Department says Flock data factored into about 10% of arrests and calls the technology one of its most effective crime-fighting tools.
- Opposition centers on reports of ICE access to license-plate data, Flock’s admission of a secret DHS pilot, and a national lookup network that includes roughly 75% of customers.
- Several cities — including Santa Cruz, Austin and Cambridge — have paused or ended Flock deals, even as Oakland presses ahead with speed enforcement.