Egbuniwe opposes Flock cameras and backs a pause in West Hollywood
Chiedu EgbuniweCandidate for West Hollywood City Council
West Hollywood council candidate Chiedu Egbuniwe said he is very much against the Flock cameras and would support pausing the city's camera policy while it looks into a sensible way of monitoring.
“I am very much against the Flock cameras I would support a pause on our camera policy for now, while we look into a sensible way of monitoring.”
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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 Egbuniwe opposes Flock Safety as a vendor but sees benefits to surveillance in increasing safety, and that he said West Hollywood should focus surveillance on the Rainbow District, where crime reports are higher.
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The article then reports that he opposes the Fountain Avenue Streetscape Project in its current form.
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Egbuniwe said he is very much against the Flock cameras but would support a pause while the city looks for a sensible way of monitoring. The article adds that he sees benefits to surveillance, so his position is a pause and a search for another approach, not a call to end camera monitoring.
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The Dispute Index. "Egbuniwe opposes Flock cameras and backs a pause in West Hollywood". First published: 2026-09-29. Last updated: 2026-09-29. https://disputeindex.com/events/3167-west-hollywood-council-candidate-chiedu-egbuniwe-said-he