Mike Kozlowski backs dropping Flock but keeping other readers
Mike KozlowskiFolsom City Council member running for reelection in District 1
Folsom Councilmember Mike Kozlowski said the attention Flock had drawn put everyone off and that the city had no reason to take unnecessary risks. He supported continued use of other license plate readers.
“The attention that Flock has gotten itself has put everybody off, There's just no reason for us to take unnecessary risks.”
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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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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."
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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.
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