Flock cameras

Reiterated support for restoring the call-in public comment option and opposed the Flock camera contract renewal and proposed data centers, saying the city should address systemic issues rather than band-aids.

Wants nuisance-party enforcement but asks the city to stop door-knocking surveys about cameras, and to hold community forums; a recent murder happened near her block.

Supports a permanent moratorium on AI data centers, citing grid cost spikes and health effects, and questions the legality of Flock data use.

Asks the city to evaluate Flock cameras through an equity lens and codify safeguards — placement criteria, data access limits, audits — into ordinance rather than department policy.

Thanks officials for the Democracy Defenders event, asks where the Flock contract stands and when it expires, and supports the data center moratorium.

With Get the Flock Out of Kalamazoo, says the last Flock contract was priced $100 under the threshold requiring a commission vote, and supports the data center moratorium; announces an August 17 rally.

Pushes back on camera removal efforts, saying the cameras are a tool Northside residents asked for to combat nuisance parties and violence; the Northside deserves peace and protection.

Lifelong Northside resident against mass surveillance, noting the fatal shooting happened near a camera; calls for community conversation about the cameras and the August contract.

Says the camera on Woodbury has reduced drug activity and nuisance parties, and urges support for public safety efforts on the Northside.

Demands the fenced-off festival site be reopened until fall construction, citing a 2024 promise and $1.65M in restored funds; also criticizes the manager for allegedly signing a Flock extension without commission approval.

With the Get the Flock Out campaign, asked the city to release the Flock contract, search logs, and list of agencies with data access.

Detailed Flock's changing terms of service, including deletion of language barring sale of customer data, and warned of 50+ agencies that cancelled Flock contracts after audits.

Said residents fear the surveillance technology and asked that the community be involved in designing and implementing such systems.

A Lakeview Apartments resident near Spring Valley, said the police image showed racist attitudes and called for removal of Flock cameras and firing of racist officers.

Reported flashing surveillance lights back on in his neighborhood, described masked officers without name badges, and urged release of all Spring Valley body camera footage.

A Board of Civil Rights member, framed the meeting's themes as 'one-sidedness' — unequal access to information, recreation, and transparency.

Asked for summer patrols at the Frank and Park park and urged a pause on Flock camera data sharing over fears it could be used by ICE.

Representing Get the Flock Out of Kalamazoo, argued the camera data is not secure, is accessible to federal agencies, and should be removed immediately.

Asked KDPS to publicly reject ICE cooperation and raised AI-enabled mass surveillance and national security memorandum concerns about Flock.

Asked for a charter-amendment process on the November ballot, removal of Flock funding, and an ordinance exemption for devices drawing 60 watts or less in city parks.

Called for canceling all Flock Safety contracts and removing the cameras, calling them a surveillance threat to privacy and civil liberties.

Demanded removal of Flock cameras and a no vote on the Asylum Lake rezoning.

Said KDPS will not protect people from ICE, detailed his confrontation with officers at a protest, and demanded cameras be removed.