Aslan says he alone urged cancelling Flagstaff's Flock contract at all three renewal meetings
Flagstaff City Council member running for reelection
“Following Trump’s subsequent weaponization of ICE, the community was right to demand Council take an actual policy stance. A Flock contract renewal was considered during three separate Council meetings involving hours of public comment last Fall. I was the only councilmember to recommend cancelling the contract at all three meetings. I’m proud that I consistently side with valid public concerns on this and other important topics. Surveillance technology should be a city’s policy decision, not an administrative rubber stamp.”
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Arizona Daily Sun feature in its 2026 candidate question series, printing the written answers of Flagstaff City Council and mayoral candidates to a question about Flock cameras. The paper says the answers were limited to 150 words and printed unedited unless a candidate went over that limit.
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The Arizona Daily Sun asked the Flagstaff City Council and mayoral candidates on the November ballot where they stood on Flock cameras and their potential use in Flagstaff. The paper printed their written answers, limited to 150 words and unedited unless a candidate exceeded that limit. Aslan opened his answer by citing a John Oliver segment on police surveillance and writing that Flock cameras were first authorized in Flagstaff through a consent agenda during the Biden era.
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Aslan added that the Flagstaff Police Department is now discussing the use of drones in emergency response and urged residents to stay involved and keep weighing in.
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Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Aslan wrote that he was the only council member to recommend cancelling Flagstaff's Flock contract at all three meetings where renewal was considered, and that the community was right to demand a policy stance. He presents ending the contract as his position, so Condemned fits.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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