Flock Safety is having a loud week: an engineer who built a tool to flag its own cameras got a police visit, the company's CEO is digging in publicly, and three communities are holding public forums while a lawsuit moves forward. The pattern is clear: wherever these cameras go, scrutiny follows, and officials are finally being forced to answer for it.
- This Engineer's Cop-Tracking 'Flock Camera' Gets Him A Visit From The Police SlashGear
An engineer tracking license plate readers draws police attention, proving the surveillance watchers are now themselves being watched.
- ‘We shouldn’t pause progress’: Defiant Flock CEO says its cameras are an essential crime-fighting tool — and it will fire any law-breaking customers 'immediately' TechRadar
A CEO insisting cameras are essential while promising to fire bad actors doesn't address who's watching the watchers in the first place.
- Dumfries to host town hall on Flock license plate reader cameras FOX 5 DC
A town hall is a start, but residents deserve hard answers on data retention and access, not just a slideshow.
- Emerald Isle holds open Q&A series on proposed drone and plate reader technology WCTI
Pairing drones with plate readers raises the stakes; this Q&A series needs real transparency, not a rubber stamp.
- Flock license plate camera lawsuit and its claims NeoTeo
This lawsuit could set real limits on how plate data gets collected, stored and shared; worth watching closely.
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