On May 7th, the City Council will decide whether or not Berkeley continues its relationship with a company that has a well-established history of violating privacy and sharing data with ICE. It all began on March 24, 2026, the Berkeley City Council called a meeting to hear out the Berkeley Police Department’s proposal to renew and expand their contract with the surveillance company Flock. The council had planned to vote during that meeting, but after an extensive period of pu

On Tuesday, March 24, the Berkeley City Council held a meeting to vote on expanding the contract with Flock in Berkeley. Representatives from the Berkeley Police Department requested a $2 million dollar expansion of the contract while neglecting to consider the life-and-death risk that Flock poses to Berkeley’s community because of its history of sharing data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The community mobilized so effectively that the public comment lasted alm

Berkeley Copwatch extends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Alex Pretti who was murdered by ICE on Jan. 24, 2026. He was clearly a righteous defender of community and a person who was willing to take risks to hold law enforcement accountable. As the videos of his murder make their way online, a couple of things become clear. (1) It is clear that he was non-violently recording ICE activity. (2) We only know that he was murdered because of the courageous act