Moorpark, CA Flock Contract

Who approved this?

Approved 1-0 by Moorpark City Council.

The Moorpark City Council gave unanimous approval to a Flock Safety license plate camera system, reported by the Moorpark Acorn on July 27, 2024. The system covers 15 cameras mounted on utility poles along major public roads and at city entry and exit points. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office paid for the installation with a California Organized Retail Theft Prevention Program grant of 15 million dollars, which financed roughly 100 cameras across the county along with personnel and equipment. Data is deleted automatically after 1 year unless it is held as evidence, the cameras capture no images of drivers or passengers, and detectives must enter a case number on the Flock site to run a search. The reporting states the system may not be used for immigration enforcement or traffic violations, while alerts are shared with other California agencies running the same technology. Moorpark contracts with the Ventura County Sheriff for police services, and the Camarillo Acorn reported that contract cities hold limited direct control over how the Sheriff governs this technology. No contract amount, term length, exact approval date or numeric vote tally appears in the sources reviewed, and the council agenda report is on a Granicus viewer that blocks automated reading.