Campus surveillance debate
The gist
Harvard plans more cameras around academic buildings and Houses.
The push lands as courts, counties and campuses argue over how much monitoring is too much.
How it unfolded
- 2024 (early)Ottawa County Board of Commissioners approved the initial Flock Safety ALPR agreement, with automatic two-year extensions that bypassed explicit legislative re-votes.
- Apr 2025Harvard installed 30 new security cameras in the Yard.
- Sep 18, 2025Ottawa County commissioners held a work session at Grand Ravines Lodge in Jenison to examine the county's network of Flock Safety license plate readers.