Since we were off on Memorial Day, we didn’t have our typical “One Big Story” question on Monday.
Instead, I’ll share some comments from our coverage of AI license plate readers in Chandler. From our reporter Sahara Sajjadi:
“After a four-hour long meeting, the Chandler City Council voted 5-1 to table the discussions relating to renewing a $153,000 contract with Flock Safety for license plate reader cameras. City officials will raise the issue again on July 16. The crowd wasn’t happy about it and chanted to remove the cameras at the May 21 meeting.”
Here’s what our Instagram followers said:
💬 “Flock should get out of Arizona! No one needs mass surveillance!” — @sshaverr
💬 “It’s literally their job to do what the PEOPLE want, they are our representatives!!!! I don’t understand why so many people get elected into these public servant positions to then do the exact opposite of what their constituents want.” — @moody_persimmon
💬 “Goodyear AZ residents, we need to be doing the same.” — @larby_starby
💬 “Setting my calendar for July 16. say no to police surveillance.” — @makitaandmatt
💬 “If you see them around the valley, check deflock.me to see if they’re mapped. If not, add them. We need a good map of all of these devices.” — @5t34k54uc3
Send in your comments—I’ll post them to the website later today!
