Flock cameras

Spoke (via Deborah Deakin reading) against Flock cameras on Fourth and Fifth Amendment grounds, citing data retention concerns.

A former attorney cited recent geofence-warrant case law and said the cameras were adopted in 2022 without public input; urged removal.

Called the cameras an enormous privacy violation and said the money would be better spent hiring more police officers.

Warned about Duke Energy's PSC petition shifting data center infrastructure costs to residents and urged canceling the Flock agreement.

Argued camera data will never truly be deleted and linked the program to data center energy and water impacts.

Asked the council to remove Flock license-plate cameras and end SPPD's relationship with ICE, citing police misuse of camera data nationwide and concerns about deportation of Haitian residents.