Saint Paul City Council delayed their vote on RES 26-1399, a resolution authorizing the Saint Paul Police Department to apply for a Department of Justice grant to fund the expansion of the City’s “Drones as First Responders” program. The resolution comes one week after the city held a public hearing on the use of police […]
We welcome this first small action towards ending Al-powered mass surveillance in Saint Paul. Over the last several weeks, City Council has heard from many constituents across the city that this is simply not enough. We have been advocating for cancelling of the city’s Flock, Axon, and Skydio contracts and enacting stronger ordinances that prevent […]
The City Council today unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the City of Saint Paul and Ramsey County to end their contracts with Flock Safety. Following this vote, in a special public meeting on police surveillance technology and data privacy, citizens offered testimony on the subject. Twenty-seven people, most of them residents of St. Paul, […]