Duran backs West Hollywood's amended Flock contract
John DuranFormer West Hollywood mayor and candidate for West Hollywood City Council
Former West Hollywood mayor John Duran said the council majority that approved Flock cameras with amendments took privacy concerns into account and kept data from being shared with ICE, and that the cameras would be carefully regulated.
“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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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Networked automated license-plate readers record passing vehicles and let agencies search or share travel records across locations. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to prohibit these networks, keep them with legal limits, or defend their use for investigations. This tracker records attributable positions on that choice, including proposals that would affect only public funding or data access.
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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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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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