Local movements to rid city streets of AI-powered surveillance cameras used by law enforcement are growing rapidly amid scandals, mounting privacy concerns, and public backlash to mass surveillance under the authoritarian Trump administration.
Backlash to Flock cameras and AI systems is exploding after scandals, including police using the tech to stalk women.
It's worth investigating all of the other surveillance vendors who do the exact same thing.
The problem is bigger than Flock.
These technologies make everyone less safe.
Using lower level retail thefts to justify mass #surveillance infrastructure. This, in turn, adds to the network effect and further entrenches the technology!
"If this sounds like state-funded asset protection for your depressing local shopping mall, that's probably by design"
#deflock #alpr
"The nearly $583,000 first-year cost — which includes the drones and a Sparrowhawk radar system — is being covered entirely by the St. Louis Police Foundation with no cost to taxpayers in year one."
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Surveillance technology being used as designed
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Thousands of pages of records reveal how the worst mall brands in America sold surveillance tech Flock to California.
The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners approved a drone first responder program Wednesday, but Mayor Cara Spencer and commissioners slammed the rushed process.
A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.
Some really crazy cases in here
- cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times
- cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason
- cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired
Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people
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There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
Flock “hosted a private virtual training session for law enforcement officers. The 60-minute webinar was billed as a chance for officers to learn how to speak to city councils about Flock’s technology.”
Indybay
Hypervisible
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As East Bay communities raise concerns about civil liberties and immigration enforcement, the license plate camera company is seeking support from its customers — law enforcement officers.
It's nearly impossible to drive anywhere in Texas without a so-called automated license plate reader (ALPR) snapping a photo of you and your car.
Over the last decade, police have been able to adopt ALPRs using an obscure state grant program.
