Get the Flock out!
TAKE ACTION! SEND A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE MAY 7, 2026
The Berkeley City Council will take a vote on BPD's request to expand their contract with Flock surveillance during a special session on May 7, 2026 at 5 PM, while 75 cities around the country are canceling their contracts to Flock's surveillance software.
- BPD is asking for the biggest expansion of surveillance in Berkeley's history. BPD's request does not stop at license plate readers. The contract allows Flock to be the exclusive vendor to manage data for their surveillance cameras, drones, and even your neighbor's doorbell cameras.
- When Berkeley contracts with Flock, your tax dollars go to a company whose business model includes sharing your data with other participating jurisdictions, including jurisdictions that are actively providing data to ICE. No warrant and no permission necessary.
Your tax dollars should not support a network that federal agencies like ICE can use to feed the mass deportation system. See Flock Camera Privacy Violations
- The ACLU has reported that Flock data is being used by ICE.
- Flock's patent is based on the use of neural networks to identify and classify people by race, gender, height, weight and clothing and is stored in searchable databases. Flock's Patent Includes Facial Recognition.
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has reported that Flock enables surveillance of protesters.
- UC Berkeley's Criminal Law and Justice Center conducted a study that such technology and tactics have NOT helped police departments solve crime at a higher rate. See the Police Accountability Board Independent Review.
- Berkeley's city council unanimously passed a sanctuary city ordinance in September 2025. ICE's access to Flock violates our sanctuary city's ordinance. See ICE access to Flock Violates Sanctuary City Ordinance.
- See why Mountain View Police Chief shuts down Flock here Police Chief Mike Canfield Turns It Off and joins 75 communities who have cancelled their contracts due to violations. Flock Camera Privacy Violations.
- The Northern California Regional Intelligence Center (NCRIC) has accessed Berkeley's data at least 86,000 times in the last two years! They share this information with over 4800+ law enforcement agencies across 49 states. No warrants and no prior notification or permission from the City of Berkeley are required by law beforehand. So if our police department has a Flock contract, NCRIC uses it, and so does Homeland Security.
Look at the map to see where Berkeley's data is being shared: https://deflock.org/.
For more details on why we must drop FLOCK: Berkeley Speaks: Drop Flock.
Thank you for speaking out and demanding an END to FLOCK in Berkeley!
