Earlier this week we posted about #Bakersfield PD's 133-camera #Flock Safety surveillance network. Convoy tracking that maps who you travel with. A resident database piped into the police map. All funded by a state grant that was supposed to stop shoplifting.
We said newsletter subscribers would get the documents. Here they are.
We've got the full breakdown plus every document BPD has produced (so far) in response to our CPRA request. From the original contracts to the five-year consolidation deal.
Also in this issue: a practical guide to locking down Firefox, because you're probably going to want to do *something* about your own privacy after reading what BPD has bought with your tax dollars.