Mike Katz-Lacabe
mlacabe.bsky.social
Mike Katz-Lacabe
@mlacabe.bsky.social
Director of Research at Oakland Privacy focused on law enforcement surveillance technologies (ALPR, StingRay, etc) and public records requests. Parent. Spouse. Card-carrying Antifa member.
It's bad that 29% of those polled support extrajudicial executions (murder), but OMG 58% of Republicans support extrajudicial executions!

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November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
After so many years, The Simpsons continues to be spot on.
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I’m sure that this use of AI won’t have any problems at all. 🤔
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Newark (CA) police presentation on ALPRs.

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October 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Rivian is donating four electric vehicles (two R1Ts and two R1S's) to the Orange Co. (CA) Sheriff Dept. 👀

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October 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Fremont (CA) to replace existing license plate readers and add 71 Flock cameras for a total of 80 cameras. Staff report includes no information on effectiveness of existing cameras or the need for more cameras. @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social

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October 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
TIL: Lexipol now sells "field training web-based software" in addition to the policies that they sell to police departments.

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October 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Details from the Oct. 14, 2025, agenda of the Alameda Co. Board of Supervisors:
alamedacounty.granicus.com/DocumentView...

www.acgov.org/board/bos_ca...

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October 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Why is Alameda Co. Sheriff still spending taxpayer money to send people to be trained in the junk science of computer voice stress analysis? Were there no spots left in the phrenology or visual hair comparison classes?

@susien.bsky.social @mgafni.bsky.social

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October 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
San Jose joins the list of municipalities considering an ordinance prohibiting law enforcement officers from concealing their identity - "wearing any mask or personal disguise while interacting with the public in the course of their duties withing the city."
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September 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Don’t know who to credit for this photo, but whoever it is, thank you! Also, abolish ICE.
September 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Wearables for health monitoring by the government are coming first to those incarcerated, here by the Alameda Co. Sheriff. $747,000 for 100 Overwatch devices over three years.

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July 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Kern Co. Sheriff doing its part to put guns on the streets.

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July 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Kern County (CA) Sheriff to spend $159,360 on bid-contract with Cellebrite to break into and extract data from cell phones.
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July 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Contra Costa County Sheriff to spend $69,043 on Cellebrite to break into locked cell phones and extract their data.

@oaklandplanning.bsky.social @twrling.bsky.social

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July 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Contra Costa County Sheriff to start sharing the data in its Peregrine system (CAD, RMS, historical records, ATIMS, LPR, RIPA data, ARIES data streams) with all other law enforcement agencies the county.

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@oaklandprivacy.bsky.social @twrling.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Alameda County Sheriff to spend $36,500 to integrate three new data sources (Guardian Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Government Utilities Technology Services (GUTS) and Crossroads/eCite,) into its existing Peregrine system. @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social @twrling.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Alameda County Sheriff to spend $600,000 on AeroDome Drone as First Responder system. This is in addition to the $416,400 purchase of 44 drones approved in June 2024. www.acgov.org/board/bos_ca... @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Fremont Police (CA) to spend $874,151 for a police surveillance center (aka real-time crime center).

fremontcityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Fil...

@oaklandprivacy.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
San Mateo County Sheriff (CA) to spend $350,000 on Cellebrite cell phone forensic software to extract data from locked cell phones.

sanmateocounty.legistar.com/ViewReport.a...
June 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Long Beach Police to spend $448,562 on Cellebrite cell phone forensic software to extract data from locked cell phones.

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June 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Antioch police (CA) to spend $96,000 on Cole Pro Media to suppress bad publicity for the police department.
@twrling.bsky.social @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social
@aptpaction.bsky.social

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June 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If you love the junk science of 911 call analysis, check out computer voice stress analysis, another junk science that taxpayer money is being spent on. 🙄. www.acgov.org/board/bos_ca...
May 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Here are some peonys for you!
May 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Saw this at a bookstore, but it was not the ICE I was hoping for the end of. ☹️
May 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM