# The revolt against Flock cameras: Communities pushing back over surveillance concerns
# NewsNation — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kYhfLu5hZQ

I
CONVINCED THAT THE
TECHNOLOGY IS HELPFUL. IT'S
BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR US.
WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPSH HERE.
UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY'S
SOCIETY. YOU HAVE TO WATCH
EVERYTHING. ARE WE REALLY
GOING TO SET UP THESE CAMERAS
INTEREST OF THE GOVERNMENT
DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THOSE
CAMERAS.
COLD MOUNTAIN PART BIGGEST
CONCERN WAS WHO HAS ACCESS TO
INFORMATION TO THAT. HERE HOME
THE SYSTEMS ARE VULNERABLE TO
MISSION CREEP AND SEARS BY
PRIVACY PERSONALLY AUDIT SAINT
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE
OFFICERS ARE NOT.
FOLLOWING GIRLS AROUND OR.
CHECKING TO SEE WHERE THEIR
WIVES ARE.
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A STORY
THAT SEEMS TO BE ESCALATING BY
THE DAY. FLOCK CAMERAS RAISING
SERIOUS PRIVACY CONCERNS AMONG
AMERICANS LIVING IN BOTH SMALL
TOWNS AND BIG CITIES ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE
CAMERAS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP
POLICE TRACK STOLEN CAR
SUSPECTS AND EVEN MISSING
PEOPLE. BUT CRITICS SAY THE
NATIONWIDE SURVEILLANCE
NETWORK IS A BREEDING GROUND
FOR ABUSE AND GOVERNMENT
OVERREACH. NEWS NATION'S
BENNETT HEY, REALLY JOINS US
LIVE ON THE STREETS OF
CHICAGO. SO BENNETT, WE HAVE
SEEN THESE CAMERAS VANDALIZED
EVEN STOLEN.
THAT'S TRUE. KELLY AND
LICENSE PLATE TECHNOLOGY
LICENSE PLATE, READER
TECHNOLOGY TO ACTUALLY BEEN
AROUND FOR YEARS. THIS IS A
FLOCK CAMERA BEHIND ME. WE ARE
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHICAGO
AND WHAT THE THINGS THESE
THINGS CAN DO IS NOT ONLY THEY
CAPTURE THE IMAGES, THE MAKE
MODEL LICENSE PLATE OF A CAR.
BUT THEY ALSO STORE THAT
INFORMATION FOR A PROPRIETARY
AMOUNT OF TIME AND FLOCK WHICH
HAS BECOME THE MARKET LEADER
IN THIS SPACE. HE'S ALSO
SPURRED CONTROVERSY BECAUSE OF
CASES OF ALLEGED OFFICER
MISUSE AND ISSUES OF PRIVACY
RIGHTS ON ITS WEB SITES. LOCK
PROMOTES THE FACT THAT MORE
THAN 12,000 COMMUNITIES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY RELY ON THEIR
TECHNOLOGY. COMPANY SAYS THEIR
CAMERA TECHNOLOGY HAS ACTUALLY
HELP SAVE MORE THAN A MILLION
CRIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR AND
SOLD THOUSANDS OF MISSING
CHILDREN CASES. BUT CRITICS OF
THE COMPANY LIKE FLOCK AND THE
ACLU SAY THE CAPABILITIES ARE
TOO FAR-REACHING RECORDING. IT
TEMPORARILY STORING LICENSE
PLATE DATA OF ANYONE WHO
DRIVES BY ONE OF THESE CAMERAS
REGARDLESS WHETHER OR NOT
THEY'VE COMMITTED A CRIME
RAISING OBVIOUSLY ABOUT
PRIVACY AND CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS AS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT
WEEKS, POLICE OFFICERS IN
MULTIPLE STATES HAVE BEEN
ACCUSED OF MISUSING THE TO
ACCESS PRIVATE INFORMATION OF
INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE NOT
SUSPECTED OF ANY CRIMES. IN 1
CASE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND
OFFICER LOST HER JOB ACCUSED
OF ACCESSING THE DATA. DOZENS
OF TIMES TO LOOK UP HER
PARTNER'S EX WIFE.
HE'S BEEN A GAME CHANGER
FOR US. WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. BUT ALL
GOES UP IN SMOKE WHEN YOU HAVE
COPS LIKE THIS WYLIE THE
SYSTEMS.
KELLY, THAT SAME POLICE
CHIEF SAYS HE DOESN'T BELIEVE
THAT THOSE ISSUESES ARE ISATED
TO THAT 1 OFFICER. THERE
LOOKING AT POTENTIAL ISSUES
WITH OTHER OFFICERS. HE DID
SAY HOWEVER, THAT HE DOES NOT
THINK THOSE ISSUES OUTWEIGH
THE BENEFITS OF THIS
TECHNOLOGY KELLY. WELL, THAT'S
THE BIG QUESTION TO THE PROS
OUTWEIGH THE CONS.
HOW IS FLOCK RESPONDING TO
THIS BACKLASH BENNETT.
YES, LOCK IS SAID THAT THEY
HAVE INSTITUTED SOME CHANGES,
SOME AUDITING MECHANISMS THAT
ADD FEATURES TO ADDRESS SOME
OF THESE CONCERNS BUT OPEN
SOURCE GROUPS LIKE THE FLOCK
HAVE BASICALLY CREATED A
COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO TAKE
PICTURES OF LICENSE PLATE
READERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND
THEY'VE ALSO POSTED A MAP THAT
SHOWS CLUSTERS THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY SHOWING WHICH POLICE
AGENCIES HAVE SHARED THAT
INFORMATION WITH OTHER
AGENCIES. A NUMBER OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, OF
COURSE, USE FLOCK. THE FLOCK
SAYS CLOSE TO DOZENS OF
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. CANCELED REJECTED
CONTRACTS WITH LPR PROVIDERS,
OR PROVIDERS FROM FLOCK AND
SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE TAKING
MATTERS IN THEIR OWN HANDS. IF
WE'VE SEEN BEEN NUMEROUS
ATTACKS ON FLOCK CAMERAS FROM
WISCONSIN TO TEXAS WHERE
POLICE HAVE REPORTED MORE THAN
2 DOZEN FLOCK CAMERA TAXED
SINCE MARCH ALONE. SO THERE
ARE OBVIOUSLY QUESTIONS HERE
ABOUT OVERSIGHT AND THE LACK
OF A FEDERAL LAW MONITORING
HOW POLICE AGENCIES ARE
ACQUIRING AND USING THIS DATA
TO FOX SPOKESWOMAN DID TELL
US, HOWEVER, THAT THEY ARE
TARGETING ISSUES. I CERTAINLY
ADDING THAT AUDITING TOOL. AND
SHE SAYS THAT EVERY SEARCH
CONDUCTED ON ITS PLATFORM
GENERATES A PERMANENT
PERMANENT IN AN ULTRA BULL
TRAIL.