Flock cameras

Asked whether existing Flock cameras will be removed and reported street light outages in her area from DTE.

Thanked the council for not renewing the Flock contract and asked that the cameras be covered or removed.

Urged a plan to bag or remove the Flock cameras, raised the DDA's separate contract, and described new phone-tracking capabilities of ALPRs.

First-time speaker whose best friend fled a domestic violence relationship with a Detroit officer; warned of ALPR data misuse and asked for proactive camera removal.

Raised privacy concerns about cameras, air quality from wildfire smoke, and opposition to institutionalization policies as a disability council advocate.

Congratulated the council on the Flock non-renewal and spoke in support of his friend Damon Stevens' food truck and the jobs it would create.

Thanked the council for not renewing Flock and said organizers found overwhelming resident opposition across Westland.

An IT data-security professional said he felt real relief at the non-renewal and urged swift action because mass tracking must be dealt with quickly.

Thanked the council on Flock but said the work isn't done; also asked for tree replanting and sidewalks on Merriman.

Asked the city to verify every camera is deactivated and removed, publish a camera inventory and removal timeline, and engage businesses hosting cameras.

Thanked officials for the non-renewal, urged the DDA contract also end, and said residents don't want any ALPR cameras — Flock or otherwise.

A Livonia resident concerned the Flock contract gives outside agencies like ICE access to Westland camera data; urged a no vote on renewal.

A Detroit resident repeating prior warnings: Flock won't allow contract changes, stores data on third-party clouds, and data has been accessed millions of times by third parties.

A 35-year resident worried Flock tracks her daily movements, stores billions of plates monthly, and keeps data even after a contract ends.

A regular Flock critic detailed the 'essentials package' features, disputed crime-reduction claims, and called it unavoidable surveillance and protest suppression.

Said he was 'flocked' five times on his short drive to City Hall and urged removal of the cameras and contract non-renewal.

A Westland homeowner who spoke as a resident to say she doesn't want Flock in her city.

Said crime isn't rampant enough to justify Flock, criticized the Pickering legacy regarding the African-American community, and urged skepticism of the school bus millage given fixed retiree incomes.

Invited everyone to the community garden season opener, then asked the council to reject the Flock contract or require an independent audit first.