ALPR surveillance

Praised Meredith and Watkins for trying to pull ALPR spending out of the police budget, and demanded the Flock contract come before the council for a recorded vote before its January renewal.

Delivered a satirical speech describing a fictional private company 'HERD' tracking council members' movements, to illustrate why mass surveillance of residents is unacceptable.

Called the cameras part of a growing surveillance state, invoked MLK and the Patriot Act, and asked whether the city is moving toward or away from freedom.

Said the council cannot outlast public patience on ALPR concerns and spoke about corruption and power being granted by the public.

Engineer explained ALPRs rely on machine learning and pledged to keep opposing the technology.