@Trustisachoice a friend of mine was sexually assaulted in downtown Dallas. She got the plates of the assailant. She reported the assault to @DallasPD who told her βtheyβd do their bestβ. If your cameras and police, still canβt get an arrest why do either of you deserve tax money
US Senator Bernie Sanders will soon introduce a bill to completely ban Flock cameras.
If it passes, Flock and other AI mass surveillance systems will be banned in the US to protect people's privacy.
Alright this flock stuff is already getting out of hand.
Florida police used a fake Flock camera as bait and then charged a man with three felonies for smashing it.
Cities and counties that have deactivated or canceled contracts with Flock cameras over privacy concerns:
β Los Angeles, CA
β Austin, TX
β Denver, CO
β Santa Clara County, CA
β Cambridge, MA
β Knoxville, TN
β Santa Cruz, CA
β Mountain View, CA
β Charlottesville, VA
β Sedona, AZ
β Fort Collins, CO
β Ithaca, NY
β Salem, MA
β Flagstaff, AZ
β Eugene, OR
β Bend, OR
β Taos, NM
β Syracuse, NY
β Tempe, AZ
β Madison, WI
β Fort Wayne, IN
β Bloomington, IN
β Evanston, IL
β Richmond, CA
β Oshkosh, WI
β Saratoga Springs, NY
β Oxnard, CA
β Olympia, WA
β Redmond, WA
β Pinal County, AZ
β Pasco County, FL
β Sheboygan, WI
β Duluth, MN
β Ypsilanti, MI
β Lansing, MI
β Westland, MI
β Oak Park, IL
β San Marcos, TX
β Scarsdale, NY
β Surprise, AZ
β Pflugerville, TX
β Framingham, MA
β South Portland, ME
β Appleton, WI
β Harrisonburg, VA
β El Cerrito, CA
β Shoreline, WA
β Springfield, OR
β Brooklyn Park, MN
β Kent, OH
β Lynnwood, WA
β Green River, WY
β Bishop, CA
β Eureka, CA
β Walla Walla, WA
β Mount Vernon, WA
β Salem, IL
β Bandera, TX
β Pea Ridge, AR
β Gig Harbor, WA
β Salida, CO
β Staunton, VA
β Warrenton, VA
β Sedro-Woolley, WA
β Ashland, WI
β Sturgeon Bay, WI
β Cave Creek, AZ
β Lockhart, TX
β Hillsborough, NC
β Winona, MN
β Ord, NE
β Narragansett, RI
β Kingstown, RI
β Centerton, AR
β Mayflower, AR
β Garden City, ID
β Guadalupe County, TX
β Lago Vista, TX
β Cudahy, WI
β Josephine County, OR
β Waukee, IA
β Littleton, MA
β Coshocton, OH
β Sherburne County, MN
β Coweta, OK
β Henry County, VA
β Pulaski County, MO
β Winston, OR
β Indianola, IA
β Fort Mitchell, KY
β Wyandot County, OH
β Bolivar, MO
β Sullivan County, TN
β East Bridgewater, MA
β Marietta, OK
β Grafton, MA
β West Salem, WI
β Wellsville, KS
β Douglas, MA
β Davidson County, NC
β Bernalillo County, NM
β Lincoln County, ID
β Floyd County, VA
β Killingworth, CT
β Kaukauna, WI
β Newport, KY
β Macon County, NC
β Windsor, CT
β Clearwater County, ID
β Elkton, VA
β Monroe County, IN
β Stoughton, WI
β Columbia Heights, MN
β Pittsboro, NC
β Menominee, MI
β Monona, WI
β Fitchburg, WI
β McFarland, WI
β Dane County, WI
β Tompkins County, NY
β Weston, MO
β Dutchtown, MO
β Los Altos Hills, CA
β Watertown, MA
β Natick, MA
β Prosser, WA
β Lane County, OR
β Warren, RI
β Mountlake Terrace, WA
β Woodburn, OR
β Bay City, MI
β Verona, WI
β Skamania County, WA
β Hays County, TX
β Stanwood, WA
β Louisville, CO
β Seneca, MO
β Elbert County, CO
β Hood County, TX
β Everett, WA
β South Tucson, AZ
β Lake County, FL
More than 100 cities and local governments across the US have reportedly turned off or dropped Flock cameras amid growing backlash.
The cameras have faced criticism over privacy concerns and how law enforcement can use the data they collect.
Fury over Flock cameras is growing nationwide as lawmakers raise new questions about just how much these AI-powered systems can see and who can access the data.
Sen. Josh Hawley is demanding answers from Flock Safety about its roughly 120,000-camera network, warning that recent allegations of police employees misusing data expose a "woeful lack of safeguards."
The scale of the system is drawing scrutiny from both Republicans and Democrats. Flock defends its technology, saying Americans deserve both privacy and safety β but many critics are calling it round-the-clock surveillance. @AmericaRpts@JacquiHeinrich@richedson
$Flock Safety cameras are automated license plate readers (ALPR) that scan vehicles and store data in a nationwide network. Tempe, Arizona, terminated its contract today due to privacy concerns and shut down all the cameras. Senator Josh Hawley is launching an investigation into the 120,000 cameras that record 20 billion vehicle sightings every month.
A Kentucky officer ran 2,048 Flock camera searches to track the mother of his child. No warrant. No probable cause. No judge ever saw it.
The Fourth Amendment protects Americans against unreasonable searches, and retracing where someone drove for five months is a search. And itβs why I take issue with surveillance networks like Flock.
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