Residents of #Tiverton, NE are calling for the immediate cancellation of the town's #Flock contract following the discovery that the PD's #ALPR contract has been funded by a private citizen from a neighboring town since at least 2021! 🤯
[via @steveahlquist.bsky.social]
#deflock #surveillance
“The optics of impropriety are impossible to ignore. Are we to believe that our privacy now goes to the highest bidder? We need immediate action to terminate this agreement and reassure the public..."
A must-read article! ✅
> "Free" #surveillance technology is never free. Someone profits or gains power from it. Police technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy donors do not offer these systems out of generosity; they offer them because surveillance serves their interests, not ours.
DeFlock Redmond
Surveillance technology vendors, federal agencies, and wealthy private donors have long helped provide local law enforcement “free” access to surveillance equipment that bypasses local oversight. The ...
