Residents press for ban on Flock ALPR cameras; Carbajal urges local decision-making and consideration of federal rules

At the town hall a resident asked whether Carbajal would support banning Flock ALPR cameras, saying the ACLU had criticized the devices for lack of transparency and oversight. "Our leaders must ban all ALPRs," the resident said.

Carbajal replied that many decisions about camera deployment are local land-use or county decisions and recounted that Santa Barbara declined to redeploy Flock cameras. He said he would give consideration to federal bills addressing ALPRs and AI uses, and noted concerns about errors and misuse of camera footage.