"The city will stick with a surveillance company that scans license plates to help law enforcement catch criminal suspects, a dramatic reversal of an earlier vote that had rejected the firm's new $2 million contract. The company, Flock Safety, will maintain an existing network of 300 cameras to monitor the city's busiest streets and local state highways for up to two years while the Oakland Police Department conducts a competitive search for a long-term vendor."
"Flock representatives have fended off criticisms and a lawsuit by a local privacy advocate that its vast trove of license plate information is accessed by federal immigration authorities, in possible violation of Oakland's sanctuary policies. On Tuesday, however, the Oakland City Council voted 7-1 to award the company a new contract, aligning with other East Bay cities that use similar technology but overriding a previous vote by a council committee that rejected the deal."
Oakland will retain Flock Safety to operate an existing network of 300 license-plate scanning cameras on busy city streets and state highways under a new two-year contract. The City Council voted 7-1 to award the contract, reversing an earlier committee rejection. The contract includes a provision barring Flock from sharing license plate information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Flock has faced criticisms and a lawsuit alleging federal immigration access to its data, raising sanctuary-policy concerns. The city will maintain a data-sharing agreement with the California Highway Patrol. The Oakland Police Department will spend 18 to 24 months vetting vendors for a long-term contract.
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