Records show UC sharing data with US Customs and Border Protection | UC
Public records turned up by The Ellis Collective, a student-led research group, have revealed that the UC system…
Berkeley City Council considers other vendors in surveillance technology expansion | City Government
After a special meeting May 7, the Berkeley City Council referred the city manager to submit proposed surveillance…
Flock drones, ethics, and the recall of Dave Woodward
Last month, hundreds of Oakland County residents packed a Pontiac meeting room. They came to speak against a…
Leaked city attorney memo shows Berkeley risks potential million-dollar lawsuits if council renews Flock contract | City
A leaked memorandum from the City of Berkeley’s Attorney’s Office about Flock Safety warned that Flock technology might…
Public comments on Flock contract halt in Oakland County meeting
Tensions erupted at the Oakland County Board of Commissioners meeting as residents objected to the approval of a…
City council to vote on controversial Flock Safety contract | City
The Berkeley City Council will vote May 7 on a surveillance and police technology program that, if approved,…
Who is paint bombing Oakland’s Flock cameras?
Drivers cruising along Fruitvale Avenue recently may have noticed a curious sight: a small black camera with a…
San Jose suit calls for automated license plate reader data to be deleted faster
The Brief Three San Jose residents have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the city. Plaintiffs in the…
Community rallies against expansion of surveillance technology as City Council postpones decision | City Government
After a contentious seven-hour-long Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday night that ended past 1 a.m., primarily regarding the…
Sheriff’s deputies thought they’d stopped a criminal. But license plate cameras led them to the wrong person
Ann Nomura was driving to work at a nursing home in Hayward on March 4 when an Alameda…
Public commenters cite concerns about surveillance technology, Berkeley as ‘a police state’ | City
In a community conversation Wednesday night, residents expressed strong objections to Berkeley’s proposed expansion of surveillance technologies, which…
Flock ‘Safety’ endangers us all | Op-Eds
Last September, in Denver, Colorado, Chrisanna Elser was informed that she had been caught on camera stealing a…