The Cambridge Public Safety Committee will review whether to roll out Flock surveillance cameras on December 9, 2025 at noon to 2pm. If they are approved, Flock would put up at least twelve Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) cameras around Cambridge, as we reported previously.
Police have used such data to identify women who sought an out-of-state abortion and to record who goes to protests. Flock shares this data with ICE and recently announced a partnership with Amazon’s Ring to make easier for Flock customers to request recordings from Ring cameras.
Cambridge PD says the data won’t be shared outside of Cambridge and people’s rights will be protected, but Flock hasn’t agreed to this limitation. We know that Flock shares the data widely. Once the ALPR records and video are in Flock’s system, they are as good in ICE’s hands or the hands of any other police department who wants to track people.
The Public Safety Committee meeting will be in the Sullivan Chamber of Cambridge City Hall at 795 Massachusetts Avenue. You can participate in person or via Zoom. After this meeting, the committee’s proposal will go back to the city council.
If you would like to provide public comment, you can use their public comment sign up form to sign up. The meeting can be viewed on the city’s open meeting portal. Cambridge residents may also view on Channel 22-City View Local Access.
We especially encourage Cambridge Pirates to speak out at the meeting.
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