Mike Kozlowski is a member of the Folsom, California, City Council who was first elected in 2018 and served as the city's mayor in 2021 and 2024. He is an architect and an executive at Johnson Controls, and he represents Folsom on the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. He is running for reelection in District 1 in 2026.
Case
Networked automated license-plate cameras can assemble searchable records of vehicle movements. Candidates and officials disagree over whether to ban the systems, keep them with limits, or defend them as investigative tools. This tracker separates outright bans from narrower restrictions.
Role at the time: Folsom City Council member running for reelection in District 1
Statement summary
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.”
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.
Statement dates: September 14, 2026
Statement dates: September 14, 2026
Statement dates: September 14, 2026
Statement dates: September 14, 2026
