Duran backs West Hollywood's amended Flock contract
Former West Hollywood mayor and candidate for West Hollywood City Council
“The majority that passed the Flock cameras with amendments took those privacy concerns into consideration and made sure that data was not going to be shared with ICE agents The cameras would be carefully regulated and used only to solve the crimes that we need to get solved.”
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Beverly Press and Park Labrea News profiles of seven West Hollywood City Council candidates, each asked about the city's Flock camera contract.
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Beverly Press reports that Duran supports the city's current contract with Flock Safety and, as a criminal defense attorney, sees the cameras as very effective in solving crimes while understanding the privacy concerns residents have raised.
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Duran then said the Fountain Avenue Streetscape Project should be scrapped entirely.
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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. Duran supports West Hollywood's current Flock contract and says the council's amendments already addressed privacy concerns, including keeping data from ICE. He defends continued use under the existing rules rather than making his support depend on new limits.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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