Chiedu Egbuniwe
Role at the time: Candidate for West Hollywood City Council
Statement summary
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.”
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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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.