Solange Whitehead
Role at the time: Scottsdale City Councilmember, Arizona, re-elected in the 2026 primary election
Statement summary
Councilwoman Solange Whitehead made the motion on which the Scottsdale City Council voted 7-0 on October 6, 2026 to direct staff to draft a license-plate reader ordinance with proposed criminal penalties for misuse. The city's release says her motion outlined audits, training, a review of data retention and access, an evaluation of alternative vendors and a potential transition from Flock, with funding for its contract excluded from the proposed fiscal year 2027-28 budget. The ordinance requires a separate council vote before taking effect.
“Action: On October 6, 2026, Whitehead moved that the Scottsdale City Council direct staff to draft an ordinance governing the city's use of automated license plate readers, with proposed criminal penalties for misuse. Her motion outlined independent audits, annual user training, a review of data retention and access, a public webpage on law enforcement technologies, an evaluation of alternative vendors, a review of the Flock Safety contract, a potential transition from Flock, and excluding Flock contract funding from the proposed fiscal year 2027-28 budget. The council voted 7-0 for the motion.”
Why we used this label
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Whitehead moved that Scottsdale draft a license-plate reader ordinance with criminal penalties for misuse, independent audits and training, and review the Flock contract, including a potential transition from Flock and excluding its funding from the fiscal year 2027-28 budget; the council voted 7-0. That keeps the cameras in use under added safeguards while leaving open a change of vendor, so we labeled it Mixed or conditional and placed it at Guardrails, keep using. The closest competing label is Condemned, which would fit a call to end the network now; her motion directs drafting and review. The closest competing remedy is Cut public funding, which the release describes only as potential.