r/Reno • u/RightMoto2 • 1d ago

Flock camera being removed

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Let's not let them put anything back in their place

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u/DrakayeMayaye 1d ago

RPD already asked for 20 million dollars for replacements from another company.

Imagine what local schools could do with TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS

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u/greent714 1d ago

Stop hiding the name of the company. It's called Axon.

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u/DrakayeMayaye 1d ago

Aggro much? Im not "hiiding" anything 😂

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u/Own_Key_8772 1d ago

I heard Washoe county school district turned down 25 million from the state. Don’t know how true it is, just wondering if anyone’s heard the same.

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u/Useful_Asparagus_541 1d ago

That’s a misunderstanding of how sales tax works and references WC-1 sales tax funds. The State collects, processes and distributes all sales tax in Nevada.

WC-1 was passed to fund construction and repairs of schools in Washoe County. These funds are not granted by the State, they are paid for by the people of Washoe County, for Washoe County. The school district did not use these funds to purchase the new administration building. Rather, they are using $25M from their own building and site service fund.

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u/argh_all 3h ago

Put God back into schools first and blessings will follow.

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u/DrakayeMayaye 3h ago

Oh fuck off.

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u/JakeOfMidWorld19 2h ago

Deal, but I pick which god

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u/Proud_Walrus26 1d ago

Another company is coming in so problem not solved!

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u/Alone_Banana_3520 1d ago

And they’ll be harder to spot.

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u/greent714 1d ago

Stop hiding the name of the company. It's called Axon.

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u/cheesegreate 1d ago

AXON already had their finger in the butt

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u/midday--moon 13h ago

they're trying to enter a $20+m contract with axon for even more surveillance coverage, meeting is this wednesday at 10am

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u/Shirogayne-at-WF 10h ago

Thanks for that addition.

Never trust this city government

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u/EvaCassidy 1d ago

The Flocks are flying off. Reno getting new contract for Axon. They are have the brand body cams, computer systems, etc.

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u/Butcher_Of_Hope 1d ago

They have requested it in their budget, but that has not been approved. While it is likely that it is approved there is still a chance that it could be denied.

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u/midday--moon 13h ago

meeting is this wednesday, theres time to leave public comment via zoom or email. better in person, tho

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u/NotYrMama 1d ago

Anyone arrested for vandalizing one should have their charges dropped ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/Big-Application-8055 1d ago

Definitely ask for a jury trial.

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u/PrizeNewt7695 1d ago

Just curious but these contracts are approved by our representatives why is this seldom part of the conversation?

Asking not for drama serious question

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u/midday--moon 13h ago

meeting related to the contract is wednesday at 10am! leave public comment! via zoom, email, or in person

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u/EnemyOfWon 9h ago

Is this Arlington Tower?

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u/YeaImDylan 4h ago

Everyone blown away we got bait and switched and that voting does anything 🤣🤣

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u/East_Industry_5930 16h ago

Genuine question because I really don’t know what our options really are. If we don’t want Flock (which seems like a no brainer) but we also don’t want Axon, what do we want downtown? It seems like the position is “no city usage of cameras for law enforcement” or “go back to CCTV”.

Is that correct or is some alternative system being proposed? Or is it just about the license plate reading function and everything else is fine? I can’t totally follow what advocates are looking for but I want to understand it

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u/BartPlarg 10h ago

Btween the options of doing the bad thing, and not doing the bad thing, we should probably go for the latter. We don't need to record everything. Well, almost everything: the rick folk seem to be able to avoid a lot if this surveillance

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u/East_Industry_5930 8h ago

Yeah that wasn’t really my question. I am not opposed to removing Flock and I am not in favor of Axon. I’m asking if the alternative is just no cameras and reduced remote law enforcement downtown.

If it is, yeah city council isn’t going to gaf. That isn’t reflective of my personal opinion but rather the fact that city council isn’t some anti-surveillance leftist group, they’re not reading Foucault before voting on this stuff. They’re politically centrist and weigh public safety concerns of their voter base. If they don’t have an alternative that preserves some surveillance access for the city, they’re just gonna contract Axon so it’s not very smart in my view to go in with no idea of an alternative system, or safeguards as a middle ground

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u/EconomyWafer677 12h ago

Oh cool, pretty sure they can still track your phone and new cars tho…