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e Oakland Public Safety Committee will vote on whether to approve a $2.25 million FLOCK surveillance expansion that threatens the safety and privacy of our entire community, especially our undocumented neighbors, Black and Brown residents, and anyone who dares to dissent.

Before that meeting, we’re gathering to make our voices heard:
5PM — Rally | 6PM — Public Safety Committee Meeting (Item #5)

What’s at Stake

The Oakland Police Department wants to join forces with FLOCK Safety, a private Georgia-based surveillance company, to integrate public and private camera feeds—including Ring doorbells, business cameras, and traffic cameras—into one massive searchable database called FlockOS.

That system is already accessible to over 5,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, including ICE.

This comes just days after ICE operations in the Bay Area, putting our undocumented community members in even greater danger. Oakland cannot call itself a Sanctuary City while building surveillance systems that funnel our data directly into federal hands.

Who’s Behind It

Councilmembers Charlene Wang and Ken Houston have become loud champions for this dangerous expansion.

• CM Wang has lied to business groups, falsely claiming that Oakland’s Privacy Advisory Commission “blocked” community members from buying FLOCK cameras. In truth, only City-owned surveillance technology requires PAC review. Her misinformation campaign is part of a broader push to discredit civilian oversight.
• CM Houston has been a relentless mouthpiece for OPD, rubber-stamping anything police request while ignoring the harm done to our people.

Meanwhile, the Privacy Advisory Commission voted 4–2 last month to reject OPD’s proposed FLOCK policy and contract, warning it would create grave risks to privacy and civil rights.

Yet the City Council is trying to fast-track the expansion anyway. If it passes the Public Safety Committee tomorrow, it will head to the full Council for a final vote on November 4.

How You Can Take Action

1. Join the Rally and Speak Out:
   5PM — Rally | 6PM — Public Safety Committee Meeting (Item #5)
   Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
2. Submit your e-comment TODAY (by 6PM) to oppose Item #5:
   tinyurl.com/OPDFLOCK
3. Use our toolkit and talking points to speak truth to power:
   bit.ly/noflock-oakland

APTP Statement

“CM Charlene Wang and CM Ken Houston are carrying water for OPD and corporate surveillance interests at the expense of Oakland’s most vulnerable residents,” said Cat Brooks, Co-Founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project. “This contract would turn our neighborhoods into surveillance zones and put our immigrant communities in harm’s way. Oaklanders will not stand by while our city builds a $2.25 million pipeline to ICE.”

Oakland is a Sanctuary City—but not if we allow ICE and OPD to turn our neighborhoods into surveillance zones. Join us tomorrow to defend our communities, our privacy, and our right to live free from state violence.

Get the toolkit: bit.ly/noflock-oakland

No FLOCK. No ICE. No Surveillance in Oakland.

In Solidarity,

Cat Brooks and the APTP Crew

www.antipoliceterrorproject.org

Oakland already said NO to Flock. After hours of powerful community testimony, residents made it clear: we will not accept mass surveillance in our city.

But now, Councilmembers Charlene Wang, Kevin Jenkins, and Ken Houston are attempting to override the will of the people—pushing the Flock surveillance contract forward despite its defeat. This is an outrageous overreach and a direct threat to Oakland’s sanctuary and privacy protections.

We need every single person who cares about civil rights, privacy, and democracy to show up and take a stand.

SHOW UP TOMORROW — THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20
10:30 AM | Rules & Legislation Committee
Room 3 | Oakland City Hall

Let’s make it impossible to ignore the people’s voice. Pack the room. Demand that City Council Get the Flock Out of Oakland.

If you cannot attend in person, you can still take action:

• Email the Rules Committee and City Clerk to register your opposition.
• Use our toolkit for sample emails, talking points, and details: bit.ly/NoFlock-Oakland

  or scan the QR code on the flyer.

Oakland said no once. Now we have to say it louder.

In solidarity,

Cat Brooks and the APTP Crew

www.antipoliceterrorproject.org