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Sheriff invites public participation before September 22 Flock decision
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office says its proposed Flock Safety agreement will return to the Board of Supervisors on September 22 after more than 30 questions prompted additional review.
By MyPG.news Newsroom · Meeting date, question count, participation options and proposal status were checked against the official Sheriff’s Office release Sept. 1 at 7:00 a.m. PDT. · Source status: Official Sheriff’s Office notice • proposal pending
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Monterey County Flock proposal • September 22 public discussion
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Official Sheriff’s Office notice • proposal pending
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Official release published Aug. 28 at 9:00 a.m. PDT; archive backfill reviewed Sept. 1 at 7:00 a.m. PDT
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office says its proposed Flock Safety agreement will return to the Board of Supervisors on September 22 after more than 30 questions prompted additional review.
The official August 28 notice invites in-person or virtual public participation and identifies privacy, data access, sharing and safeguards as subjects for the discussion.
The county proposal is separate from Pacific Grove Police Department’s existing Flock system.
What readers need to know
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office says its proposed Flock Safety agreement has been rescheduled for the Board of Supervisors’ September 22 meeting so the full board can participate and the agency can respond to more than 30 questions submitted before the originally scheduled August 25 discussion.
The official notice invites residents to participate in person or through the meeting’s virtual option, regardless of whether they support, oppose or are undecided about the proposal. It identifies privacy, access to data, information use and sharing, and safeguards as issues the Sheriff’s Office expects to address. The contract remains a proposal; the notice is not an approval.
The county item would consolidate 63 existing Sheriff’s Office cameras and add 40 under a proposed 10-year agreement. It is separate from Pacific Grove Police Department’s Flock system and does not change Pacific Grove’s camera or activity totals. The Sheriff’s notice was published August 28 at 9 a.m. PDT and was already beyond MyPG.news’ 88-hour live-feed window when discovered September 1, so this verified record entered the archive directly while the Accountability oversight card remains current.
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