Resident urges Overland to set rules for camera-data access, citing Flock controversies

At the public-comment portion of the meeting, resident and organizer Peter Hansen asked the council to adopt safeguards for camera and license-plate data collected by third-party vendors. Hansen cited a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on geo-fencing and said several jurisdictions have restricted or ended contracts with the company Flock because of concerns about data sharing and false or high-volume matches.

Hansen told the council: "The Supreme Court ruled that geo-fencing without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment," and said LAPD, Cleveland and other jurisdictions have curtailed or ended vendor contracts for reasons including out-of-scope data sharing and large numbers of erroneous hits. He urged the council to consider who has access to Overland's camera data and to adopt authentication and authorization controls.

Council members listened during public comment; no formal action or policy was adopted at the meeting, though the remarks were made part of the public record for future consideration.