Yekutiel supports Flock cameras with privacy limits

San Francisco District 8 supervisor candidate

“Yes, I support it, with real guardrails.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Meet the District 8 candidates: Should SFPD use Flock surveillance cameras?

Source and context

Interview

Meet the District 8 candidates: Should SFPD use Flock surveillance cameras? (opens in a new tab)

About this source

Mission Local published direct responses from San Francisco District 8 supervisor candidates to whether they support the city's use of Flock cameras.

Archived copy (opens in a new tab)

Before the quotation

Mission Local asked District 8 supervisor candidates whether they support San Francisco's use of Flock cameras.

After the quotation

Yekutiel said the city could use the cameras for public safety with limits on who accesses footage, how long it is kept and whether it reaches federal agencies.

How this statement is classified

Mixed or conditional

Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?

The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.

Why this label?

The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Yekutiel said he supports the cameras with real guardrails, including limits on access and retention and keeping data from federal agencies. Use with limits fits Mixed or conditional.

Recorded on
Published here
People and groups discussed
Flock Safety
A close view of a green Flock Safety automated license-plate reader mounted beside a street.
Credit: Bruxton

More from this case

Read the full case

Don Kissick

“Ohioans should not have their movements routinely tracked, photographed, and stored simply for driving on public roads.”
Read statement