Mike Kozlowski backs dropping Flock but keeping other readers

Folsom City Council member running for reelection in District 1Statement date: September 14, 2026

“The attention that Flock has gotten itself has put everybody off, There's just no reason for us to take unnecessary risks.”

Open sourceFact Check: Where Folsom 1st District Council candidates stand on ALPRs, FlockCandidate positions on license plate readers, throughout the article

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Reporting

Fact Check: Where Folsom 1st District Council candidates stand on ALPRs, FlockCandidate positions on license plate readers, throughout the article

About this source

The Sacramento Bee report on where the three Folsom City Council District 1 candidates stand on automated license plate readers and Flock cameras.

Before the quotation

At a Sept. 14 League of Women Voters forum, Kozlowski said he supported Folsom's decision to stop using Flock cameras after a review by the police chief. The Sacramento Bee reported that his concern was the risk that data could be shared with unauthorized parties.

After the quotation

Kozlowski said the city will keep using license plate readers from other companies, including Motorola, saying the Motorola system "has excellent controls that the city gets to set on who that information gets shared with."

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. Kozlowski backed dropping Flock because of data-sharing risk while supporting continued use of other plate readers, including Motorola's, which he said give the city control over sharing. Keeping the systems under a different vendor with controls fits Mixed or conditional.

Recorded on: September 28, 2026
Published here: September 29, 2026
People and groups discussed: Flock Safety