San Bernardino contracts Flock Safety to operate a citywide license plate camera network that monitors residents’ daily lives. Law enforcement has access to the data and they can share the data with I.C.E. and D.H.S..

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Community members showed up at the San Bernardino council meeting Wednesday, February 18 to call for the cancellation of the active Flock Safety contract. The city of San Bernardino currently has an $84,000 annual contract with Flock and there are currently 28 Flock cameras in the city’s limits, spreading fear in the community. 

Communities across the city have been shaken by recent raid operations conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.). In San Bernardino, residents report growing fear and uncertainty amid federal kidnappings. Community members are calling on the San Bernardino City Council to take steps to better protect local residents.

“I already feel like we’re being watched by the federal government, and now the city has added another layer of surveillance,” said Alberto, a San Bernardino resident. “Knowing that cameras from Flock Safety are tracking where I drive and logging my license plate makes me anxious every time I leave my house. There is no excuse for our city to spy on us and collect information federal agents can use to violently attack our immigrant communities.”

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