@WGNSRadio Good that Murfreesboro is still debating this in public. Before any Flock cameras or drones go up, residents should get clear answers on retention, outside sharing, and audit logs. The best answer may be not installing them.
@DailyFreeman A federal grant covers the upfront cost, not the cost of logging every Ulster County driver. Before any plate readers go up, the legislature should hold a public hearing and ask whether they are needed at all.
@WorldAltMedia@AdvisorLiberty Good to see residents pushing back before the rollout, not after. Apache Junction should answer how long plate data is kept and who outside the city can search it. Better still, skip the cameras entirely.
@Suzierizzo1 If 11 cameras went up with no public permits, Port St. Lucie should find out who owns them, who can search the data, and where it goes. Cameras nobody approved should come down.
@WorldInMotionHQ Limiting federal use is a start, but local departments have run searches for federal agencies before. These cameras should not be logging every driver. Any bill should require a warrant for every search and public audit logs.
@cleveland19news Solving a murder matters. But the same cameras log every other Akron driver who did nothing wrong, every day. Cases like this can be worked with a warrant for specific records, without a standing database of everyone's drives.
@WorldWatchGoat A misread plate can put someone in handcuffs who did nothing wrong. That risk comes with every camera logging every driver. These systems should not be on our streets, and any hit should be confirmed by a person before a stop.
@ThinkingHumanit That is the core problem: an ordinary drive becomes a searchable record. Banning the cameras is the cleanest fix. Anything short of that should at least require a warrant per search, short retention, and public audit logs.
@Colonel_Pete A month of someone's movements across several states, pulled because of out-of-state plates. That is exactly why these databases should not exist. Judge Hill tossing the evidence was right, and every search should need a warrant.
@RTDNEWS Good call for Richmond. Ending the contract is the right move, and it should come with deleting the plate data already collected, not just switching the cameras off. Other Virginia cities still under contract should take a hard look.
@startelegram Texas banned red-light cameras in 2019. Cameras that log every passing plate are a bigger intrusion, and the same logic applies. A statewide ban is the clean answer. Until then, Tarrant County should put the resolution on the agenda and let residents be heard.
@UpstateTodaySC If the AG's office says plate readers are best handled by the General Assembly, not counties piecemeal, lawmakers should act. These cameras should not log every South Carolina driver. And a county council should be able to read the audit logs.
@TheSunChronicle Tighter limits on storage and sharing beat none. The stronger choice is not putting plate readers on Mansfield cruisers at all. If the two cameras stay, the policy should be public, with a warrant for every search and an audit log residents can read.
@SacObserver If the Sheriff's Office will not say whether ICE, CBP, or other federal agencies can search Sacramento County Flock data, residents cannot know who is tracking them. These cameras should not log every driver. At minimum: a public list of who can search, and a portal.
@ajc Federal limits would help, but abuse rules still assume a database of every Georgian's drives should exist. Plate readers should not be logging ordinary drivers. If Congress acts, start with a warrant for every search, short retention, and public audit logs.
@reason The California ruling leans on the idea that drivers have no privacy on public streets. One drive, maybe. A month of drives stitched together by a camera network is different, as the Oklahoma judge saw. The simplest fix is not building that record at all.
@DenverGazette Plate readers do not belong in high school parking lots, logging students, parents, and staff every day. Switching off the 12 Aurora cameras was right. Flock is set to remove them within three weeks unless the APS board signs its own contract. It should not.
@Nino_Merica 71 fixed cameras and two portable units logging Midland drivers, and the council can end it Tuesday, reportedly with no early termination penalty. Ending it is the right vote. Then the question you raised: the vehicle data already collected should be deleted, not kept.
@heraldleader WKYT found over 7 million searches of Lexington's Flock system from January to July, with Kentucky agencies running only about 4%. That is a dragnet built on Lexington drivers. These cameras should not be running. Suspend them while the review happens.
@TexasTribune A $2.3 million upfront invoice to see how North Richland Hills police use Flock says a lot. Cameras that log every driver should not be there. If a city keeps them, search logs and audits should be public by default, not priced out of reach.