{"id":503423,"date":"2026-10-21T22:28:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503423\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T22:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T22:28:08","slug":"whitburns-reversal-on-police-use-of-flock-cameras-purely-political-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503423\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitburn\u2019s reversal on police use of Flock cameras purely political \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been considerable debate regarding Flock cameras and much of it revolves around misrepresentations and outright falsehoods. Recently, Stephen Whitburn, District 3\u2019s City Council representative, dropped his support for the cameras on the premise that even though he does not deny their effectiveness, they create a perception (which he acknowledges is false) that they may be used by ICE. Automatic license-plate readers are a force multiplier and have been instrumental in over 583 city arrests, including in 10 murder cases. SDPD is prohibited from sharing any information with any agency and footage is not monitored in real time. Mr. Whitburn made this declaration from a podium on the street outside City Hall, seemingly in a gambit to gain favor with a constituency he may not currently enjoy. He will term out in 2028. It would seem he willfully exchanged our safety and well-being to broaden his political appeal for his next political endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Stames, Downtown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been considerable debate regarding Flock cameras and much of it revolves around misrepresentations and outright falsehoods.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1564,975,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-503423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-opinion","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}