2/4/202610:26:38AM Sent: From: Suzie Kaluza <SKaluza@ci.benicia.ca.us To: "Mark" Cc: "Wendy Stratton" Bcc: Importance: Normal Subject: RE: Latest Flock security issue Attachments image001.png,image002.png,image003.png ,image004.png,image005.png,image006.png ,image007.png,image008.png,image625986.png image501166.png,image523694.png,image581020.png ,image446186.png_,image035306.png,-Flock Shared and sharing networks 1.20.26.pdf In reviewing ourFlocksettings,allauto approvesettings aredisabled andour networkdiscoverability is settoa 50 mileradius.The statewide and nationwide discoverability settings are disabled.(screenshots are below). Ihavealsoattachedalistofallagencieswesharewithandagenciesthatsharewithus. Wendy, if there is anything you have to add, please do... <BackTo MyNetworks Benicia CA PD Sharesettings&preferences Auto Approve Requests by Radius 50 miles Auto Approve Requests Within M Enablingthispreferencewillautomaticallyacceptanyincomingrequesttoshare Enablingthispreferencewill automatical yourcameradatawithLawEnforcementagencies,excludingFederal yourcameradatawithLawEnforcement organizations,withintheselecteddistanceofyourorganizationaddress. organizations,withinyour organization's Theseauto-acceptedrequestswill notappearinyourRequestsInbox,buttheywill Theseauto-acceptedrequestswillnotal appearinyourSharedNetworkstable.Thisnetwork-level preferencecanbe appear in your Shared Networks table.T overriddenbyotherpreferences. overriddenbyotherpreferences. DisabledINetworkDiscoveraplty Permissionpreierences EnablingthispreferencewillmakethisnetworkdiscoverabletoLawEnforcement Selectthepermissionstoshow/hideanc agencies,excludingFederalorganizations,basedontheselecteddistance,sothat fromexternalagencies.Outboundsharil otherorganizationscanrequestaccesstoyourcameradata. Permission Disablingthispreferencewillhidethisnetwork,basedontheselecteddistance,and Search otherorganizationswillnotbeabletorequestaccesstoyourcameradata. EnablesshareddeviceaccesstotheSearch experience. Within50Miles Hot List WithinMy State EnablesshareddeviceaccesstotheAlerts experience. Within Nationwide VMS Go-Live Enablesshareddeviceaccesstoviewlive videofeed. VMSHistorical Enablesshareddeviceaccesstoview recordedvideofeed. VMSDownload Enablesshareddeviceaccesstodownload recordedvideofeed. VMSPTZand Imagingpermissio Analytics Enables shared device accessto analytics in TrafficAnalyticswithinInsights. Suzie Kaluza PoliceRecordsSuperviso ENIC r PoliceDepartment EST. 1941 POLICE O:707-746-4245 THECITY SKaluza@ci.benicia.ca.us BENICIA www.ci.benicia.ca.us/police f@on From:MarkSimonson<MSimonson@ci.benicia.ca.us> Sent:Wednesday,February4,20269:01AM To:SuzieKaluza<SKaluza@ci.benicia.ca.us> Subject:FW:LatestFlocksecurityissue
MarkSimonson Police Sergeant-Administration/TrafficSergeant Police Department BEN 1941 O:707-746-4253 POLICE MSimonson@ci.benicia.ca.us BENICIA THE CITY www.ci.benicia.ca.us/police From:MarkMenesini<MMenesini@ci.benicia.ca.us> Sent:Wednesday,February4,20268:43AM To:JakeHeinemeyer<JHeinemeyer@ci.benicia.ca.us> Cc:MarkSimonson<MSimonson@ci.benicia.ca.us> Subject:FW:LatestFlocksecurityissue Jake-Mark, Canoneofyouconfirm.thx Mark Menesini Police Chief Police Department ENIC O:707-746-4262 1941 EST POLICE MMenesini@ci.benicia.ca.u THECITY S1 BENICIA www.ci.benicia.ca.us/police From: Steve Young Sent:Wednesday,February4,20268:41AM s Cc:MarioGiuliani<MGiuliani@ci.benicia.ca.us> Subject:LatestFlocksecurityissue Caution: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or You may be aware open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. thattheMountain Viewpolicechief suspended their use of Flock camerasdue toFlock’s settings allowing outside agencies to accessthecity’sdatawithoutauthorization Can we check that the"nationwide"and"statewide"settings have not been used byFlock for any of our data? Oneofthequestionsfromacitizen was Theotherquestionwas about thefrequencyof audits andwhetherwecan dothemmorefrequently, thanks Mountain View police say feds accessed license-plate data without permission
Chief Mike Canfield says cameras will be disabled pending further direction from the City Council ByJAsON GREENI jason.green@bayareanewsgroup.com|Bay AreaNews Group andJAKOB RODGERSIjrodgers@bayareanewsgroup.com|BayArea NewsGroup Get MOUNTAlN VIEW - Federal agencies in 2024 accessed data from a camera in this city’s Flock Safety automatedlicenseplatereadersystem-somethingthattheMountainViewPoliceDepartmentsayswas donewithout its“permission orknowledge. RELATEDARTICLES · San Jose: In-home behavior technician arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting toddler ·San Jose motorcyclist dies after Highway 9 crash in Santa Cruz Mountains ·Jogger hit and killed by driver in Palo Alto ·Bay Area man accused of flying drone over 49ers game ·Community,NFLplayersdecrypotentialICEenforcementduringSuperBowl As a result, Chief Mike Canfield has decided to turn off the cameras pending further direction from the City Council. “1I made this decision after careful consideration and deliberation,” Canfield said in a statement Monday. community and help us solve crimes, I personally no longer have confidence in this particular vendor. “Like many of you,” Canfield continued, “I was deeply disappointed to learn that Flock Safety did not meet the city’s requirements regarding our data access control and transparency. Privacy rights advocates voiced alarm Tuesday at the disclosures by Mountain View officials, while an asset. “A central lesson is, if your community builds a surveillance system that tracks people’s information, you seniorstaff attorneywith theACLU ofNorthernCalifornia. Flock Safety did not respond to a message from this news organization seeking comment on the situation. “nationwide” search setting that was turned on by Flock Safety.
Federal agencies that accessed the data included Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives offices in Kentucky and Tennessee; Langley Air Force Base in Virginia; the U.S. GSA Office of InspectorGeneral;LakeMeadNationalRecreationAreainNevadaandanAirForcebaseinOhio, accordingtothepolicedepartment. company cannot determine whether searches of the city’s data resulted in license plate information being shared. Theaudit alsorevealed a“statewide”searchfunctionwasnotoperatingwithinthesystemcontrols the police department established. This function allowed Flock Safety to enable access to California law enforcement agencies that had not been approved by MVPD for 29 of the city’s 30 automated license- with FlockSafety during the outset of the program to design a model that strictly prohibited out-of-state the police chief or his designee.” “We are upset and disappointed with how our data was accessed, and we are sorry that this occurred,” thepolicedepartmentsaid. sued the city of Oakland late last year, claiming its police department improperly shared a trove of He stressed the disclosure by Mountain View’s police chief highlights the need for municipalities to audit theirsystemsmorefrequently. “We push stuff out into the wild, we don’t understand how it works, nobody’s paying attention, police don’t The situation is all the more distressing, he added, given how so many more license plates are read on a daily basis now compared to just a decade ago, and that artificial intelligence is often used to comb throughthatdata. improved and that it no longer enables any access sharing outside of California. protection,oversightandtransparency.' The city’s first ALPR camera went live on Aug. 14, 2024, and the final camera was installed earlier this burglaries, home break-ins and a reported kidnapping. “Community trust is more important than any individual tool,” Canfield said. “We know that the most vital
state agencies to search our license plate data, and I am sorry that such searches occurred.”
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