There are more than 200 Flock Safety cameras in Oakland, but many are asking whether they are doing more harm than good.

A coalition of Oakland community members frustrated by crime is fighting to keep Flock cameras, one of the few tools they believe help police catch criminals.

“The cameras have assisted us tremendously not only with the speeding, the robberies, the assaults on people,” Councilmember Noell Gallo said.

However, a move is underway to pull the plug on the Flock camera program. The city’s privacy commission is meeting on Thursday to make a recommendation. Some residents are pushing for them to shut the cameras down.

“As a sanctuary city sworn to protect undocumented people, do we need more mass surveillance?” Cat Brooks, executive director of the Anti Police-Terror Projec

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