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East Valley city council to vote on contentious Flock contract Thursday

Aldo Sabron of the Party for Socialism and Liberation- Arizona speaks just before a May 18 Chandler City Council study session. The will vote on a $153,000 extension of a Flock traffic camera system contract during its May 21 regular meeting.

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Katie Dauphinais, Flock Safety’s Arizona public affairs manager, and Michelle Denton, the Chandler Police Department’s communications technology manager, take questions during a May 18 study session. The Chandler City Council will vote on a $153,000 extension of a Flock traffic camera system contract during its May 21 regular meeting.

Independent Newsmedia file/Jason W. Brooks

A contract extension for Flock security cameras that the Chandler City Council is set to vote on during its 6 p.m. Thursday, May 21 regular meeting was discussed at length during a May 18 study session.

It was also discussed May 18 outside City Hall before the study session by a nonprofit concerned about the vendor the Chandler Police Department wants to keep using.

Thursday’s meeting is in council chambers at City Hall, 88 E. Chicago St., downtown Chandler.

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