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Are you concerned about Flock Cameras?
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I read an article yesterday (but can't find the link now) that said Flock is adding license plate reading tech to the dash cams used by Uber & Lyft.
I read that somewhere as well. Don't remember what I was reading at the time. I've also heard that on our local talk radio station.
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"As I told the Chicago Sun-Times when Illinois lawmakers tried to weaken ALPR [Flock camera] programs with new restrictions: fewer crimes would be solved without them. I know municipalities that closed sexual assault cases using license plate readers that might have remained unsolved, perhaps forever. Hit-and-runs, the kind that leave a family with no answers, get solved because a camera caught a plate that a witness never could.
"Kidnapping. Carjacking. Child endangerment. Armed robbery. DUI. Hit-and-run fatalities. These are not just hypothetical categories; they are real cases with real victims that get closed because a camera can do in one second what might otherwise take detectives days or weeks, if they ever get there at all. . . .
"License plate reader cameras are legal, effective, and saving lives — helping recover victims of kidnapping, trafficking, sexual assault, and violent crime when a plate matches a hot list in real-time."
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"Kidnapping. Carjacking. Child endangerment. Armed robbery. DUI. Hit-and-run fatalities. These are not just hypothetical categories; they are real cases with real victims that get closed because a camera can do in one second what might otherwise take detectives days or weeks, if they ever get there at all. . . .
"License plate reader cameras are legal, effective, and saving lives — helping recover victims of kidnapping, trafficking, sexual assault, and violent crime when a plate matches a hot list in real-time."
The Truth About License Plate Reader Cameras — And the Misinformation Campaign Against Them | Chicago Contrarian
License plate reader cameras are an indispensable tool for police.
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They're also being used to stalk ex-wives, girlfriends, wives, husbands, and more. They've had a lot of problems here with that, and also in Augusta Georgia, and Pittsburgh. Prosecutions should be beginning here in the next few months. I'm all for their use in finding criminals, but, there's just too much ILLEGAL use as well."As I told the Chicago Sun-Times when Illinois lawmakers tried to weaken ALPR [Flock camera] programs with new restrictions: fewer crimes would be solved without them. I know municipalities that closed sexual assault cases using license plate readers that might have remained unsolved, perhaps forever. Hit-and-runs, the kind that leave a family with no answers, get solved because a camera caught a plate that a witness never could.
"Kidnapping. Carjacking. Child endangerment. Armed robbery. DUI. Hit-and-run fatalities. These are not just hypothetical categories; they are real cases with real victims that get closed because a camera can do in one second what might otherwise take detectives days or weeks, if they ever get there at all. . . .
"License plate reader cameras are legal, effective, and saving lives — helping recover victims of kidnapping, trafficking, sexual assault, and violent crime when a plate matches a hot list in real-time."
The Truth About License Plate Reader Cameras — And the Misinformation Campaign Against Them | Chicago Contrarian
License plate reader cameras are an indispensable tool for police.
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Probably not yet the latter is likely inevitable.
It may not surprise anyone that in my journey from Dispenational/RLDS/Pentecostalism/Charismania to the actual Gospel, Calvinism, I've brushed shoulders with sovereignty groups like the Montana Freemen...not the Montana Freemen themselves, but a group like them.
I rejected them.
However, the arguments against Flock cameras parallel their objections to drivers' licenses and such. It's the right to travel untracked.
"The guy in the rear burned his driver's license."
I rejected them.
However, the arguments against Flock cameras parallel their objections to drivers' licenses and such. It's the right to travel untracked.
"The guy in the rear burned his driver's license."
And just recently a couple of Augusta Georgia police officers, and at least one in Nashville Tennessee were dismissed or reprimanded because of their misuse of FLOCK cameras. They may help track down criminals, but, they're being oft used for nefarious purposes. I believe in searches by warrent only.
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Wow, talk about a blast from the past…Great to see you around here again, brother! Don’t be so scarce.
My town discussed Flock cameras at their council meeting last night. Still waiting to hear the outcome. Our mayor proposed cancelling the Flock contract and removing the 20 cameras. The town's contract with Flock stipulated only 30 days of storage, but apparently Flock is keeping 5 years of data. The mayor sent a list of 20 or so questions/concerns to Flock about a month ago but has not received any response. Because of that, he recommended cancelling the contract and council was scheduled to vote on the proposal last night.
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I imagine Flock is getting overwhelmed right now with feedback and questions from people. That doesn’t excuse their lack of response, but again, I would imagine they don’t have the resources to respond the avalanche of questions and requests given to them in this tempest.