A WORKING CLASS UNITY SIDE-QUEST · STOCKTON

Remove Mass Surveillance from Stockton

Our tax dollars should fund safety measures that working people can help shape and trust, not a private surveillance system City Council rubber-stamps and residents cannot control.

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Contract term: Through 2031
Potential contract value: $5.4M+

What the public record shows

City of Stockton records · March 31, 2026 · reviewed May 3, 2026

April 14, 2031: Stockton extended the Flock agreement through April 14, 2031.; Sources:File 26-0269 staff report File 26-0269 Amendment A—Agreement and Quote
$5,416,700: City records state a maximum of $5,416,700 after the March 2026 amendment.; Sources:File 26-0269 staff report File 26-0269 Amendment A—Agreement and Quote
A connected system: The contracted package joins plate readers, emergency-response software, drones, radar, video streams, and search tools.; Sources:Flock Amendment No. 2 File 26-0269 Amendment A—Agreement and Quote

Why Stockton should remove Flock

The case rests on safety, unequal exposure to institutional power, and public control of public money.

Safety is a public good: Working people deserve safety rooted in stable homes, safe jobs, reliable public services, care, and institutions they can hold accountable.; Claim source and context
The risk is unequal: Flock records ordinary travel and turns it into searchable data. Collection may be broad, but the risks fall hardest on people already exposed to police, immigration authorities, employers, landlords, or abusive partners.; Claim source and context
The public should hold power: The public pays, police gain more capacity, and a private vendor receives recurring revenue. Residents gain no matching power over the system.; Claim source and context

Stockton bought a system, not a single tool

City records describe a package that reaches from routine movement records to emergency response, live observation, and private vendor infrastructure.

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The records establish what Stockton authorized or purchased—not that every product is deployed or every connection is active.

Movement becomes data: Plate readers create records of plates, vehicle details, times, and locations.
Records connect to response: The package includes alerts, plate searches, 911 response tools, and connections to compatible video.
Observation expands: The 2026 quote lists six drones and docks, two radar units, a mobile trailer, and ten compatible video streams.
One vendor ties it together: Flock supplies the software, permissions, support, subscriptions, and contract terms behind the package.

Why removal

Rules can reduce harm. They cannot end routine mass collection.

An immigration-enforcement ban and strict access rules serve only as a temporary band-aid.

A written rule does not erase the power that the system places in police hands.

Other California cities found gaps between written policy and the platform settings or network access in practice.

Flock contract termination announcement Oxnard Police Department suspends use of Flock Safety automated license plate readers Community message regarding Flock Safety automated license plate reader data

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What the Flock Removal Resolution Must Do

By signing, I urge the Stockton City Council to pass a Flock Removal Resolution that ends this surveillance system, prevents it from returning under another name, and restores meaningful public control over how surveillance technology is funded and used.

The resolution should:

Terminate or decline to renew every Flock contract at the earliest lawful date, and prohibit automatic renewal.
Immediately stop new Flock purchases, tools, integrations, data-sharing arrangements, deployments, and expansions.
Require deletion, to the fullest extent permitted by law, of all Flock-collected vehicle, image, video, and location data held by the city, Flock, or authorized third parties. Any data that cannot legally be deleted should be publicly identified, along with the reason it must be retained and the date it will be destroyed.
Publish a complete inventory and public closeout record. This should include all Flock equipment, contracts, integrations, data-sharing relationships, and access permissions; an audit of who accessed or received Stockton data and for what stated purpose; a dated deactivation and removal schedule; and a final closeout report confirming that the system has been dismantled.
Prohibit Stockton from recreating the same mass-tracking system under another name. City funds, grants, contracts, purchasing authority, or staff resources should not be used to acquire, operate, renew, or expand Flock or any substantially similar system that routinely records and makes searchable the movements of people who are not suspected of wrongdoing—regardless of vendor, brand, or funding source.

Safety should make people more secure, not more searchable

Stockton should build public capacity in place of private surveillance dependence.

Stable homes: housing security, repairs, and protection from retaliation.
Safe work and public space: dependable infrastructure, lighting, transit, and workplace protections.
Care and prevention: youth programs, crisis response, violence prevention, and support for survivors.
Public control: institutions residents can inspect, shape, and hold accountable.

Organize

Signing is the first step

A petition signature begins the work. Organized residents must carry it through.

Sign and share the demand letter.
Talk with Stockton residents through side-quest outreach.
Review records and help separate established facts from open questions.
Prepare for public action and stay involved after a council vote.

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