# Police misuse of Flock cameras sparks backlash
# NewsNation — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM4G5Zie_X8

I THINK THEY GET ENOUGH
EYES OUT ON ALL OF THIS. AND I
I. I THINK THEY JUST TAKE THAT
DOWN. IT WOULDN'T BOTHER ME ON
MASKING IS LIKE LET'S PUMP THE
BRAKES BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND DATA. NONE
OF YOU CAN GUARANTEE THERE
WON'T BE A SECURITY BREAK.
FLUX CAMERAS MAY EASIER THAN
EVER TO SEARCH FOR CITIZENS
MOVEMENTS WITHOUT A WARRANT.
BIGGEST CONCERN WHO HAS ACCESS
TO INFORMATION TO THAT.
SINCE WE FIRST TOLD YOU
ABOUT FLOCK SURVEILLANCE
CAMERAS A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE
ANTI FLOCK MOVEMENT. HAS
EXPLODED. GET THE FLOCK OUT IS
WHAT IT'S CALLED. ALL ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE ARE SPRAY
PAINTING THEM, TEARING THEM
DOWN, DEMANDING THEY BE
REMOVED. INITIALLY THESE
CAMERAS WERE SOLD AS CRIME
FIGHTING TOOLS TO HELP POLICE
CATCH KIDNAPPERS AND TRACK
STOLEN CARS AND THEY DO THAT.
JUST THIS MORNING, POLICE IN
CALIFORNIA ARE ABLE TO CATCH
AN ALLEGED KIDNAPPER USING
FLOCK CAMERAS TO LOCATE THE
SUSPECT HAPPEN. ALSO IN
ATLANTA LAST WEEK. CRITICS
ARGUE THE REAL DANGER ISN'T
JUST THE TECHNOLOGY, OF
COURSE, INTO HAS ACCESS EVERY
TIME YOUR CAR PASSES WERE
THESE FLOCK CAMERAS AT LOGS OR
LICENSE PLATE AND CREATE A
RECORD OF WHERE YOU'VE BEEN?
THAT RECORD STICKS AROUND FOR
AT LEAST 30 DAYS. THERE ARE
ALREADY OVER 120,000 FLOCK
CAMERAS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
BUT SOME POLICE OFFICERS HAVE
BEGUN MISUSING THAT KNOWLEDGE.
JUST THIS WEEK, THE WASHINGTON
POST REPORTED THAT NUMBER IS
AT LEAST 50 AND GROWING. THIS
WEEK IN MORRISVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA, JUST NORTH OF
CHARLOTTE, A FEMALE OFFICER.
ALLEGEDLY USED THE
DEPARTMENT'S FLOCK CAMERAS
DATABASE TO TRACK HER
EX-BOYFRIEND'S WIFE MOVEMENT.
31 TIMES JUST TODAY, THE CHIEF
OF POLICE SAID THEY'VE ALREADY
FOUND 10 OTHER QUESTIONABLE
INSTANCES OF POTENTIAL ABUSE
BY OTHER OFFICERS TONIGHT AND
MORRISVILLE POLICE CHIEF RON
CAMPER JOINS US. SHE FIRST OF
ALL, I WANT TO SAY TO OUR
VIEWERS HOW EXCEPTIONAL IT IS
THAT YOU ARE HERE VERY RARELY
WHEN THERE'S THESE KINDS OF
ALLEGATIONS AS A CHIEF OF
POLICE COME OUT, BE WILLING TO
GO ON NATIONAL TELEVISION AND
TALK ABOUT HIM. I APPLAUD IN
OUR VIEWERS ARE CERTAINLY
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR
CONSTITUENTS. SHOULD ALSO
REASSURED BY THESE 10 OTHER
INCIDENTS. 3 OF THEN I
UNDERSTAND OR POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANT. CAN YOU TELL US
WHAT THEY ARE?
WELL, I CAN TALK IN
GENERALITIES ABOUT IT RIGHT
WHEN WE WENT THROUGH OUR
AUDIT. WE WE SAW THAT THERE
WAS 10 INCIDENTS. OFFICERS
THAT SHOWED US SOME CONCERNS
AS WE START TO GO MORE THROUGH
THE DATA. SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY
THE FIRST FOR A NUMBER OF
REASONS, RIGHT? TRACKING HER
BOYFRIENDS. THAT'S WHY THERE'S
A PROBLEMTIC THERE IN A
CUSTODY BATTLE. SO WE KNEW
THAT WE HAD TO PUT THAT ONE TO
BED PRETTY PRETTY QUICK
BECAUSE OF ALL THE POTENTIAL
THAT COULD HAPPEN THERE. SO
THAT WHAT TOOK SOME TIME? WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE. AND THEN SO
WE GOT HER THAT ARE GOT
ARRESTED. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING
TO THE OTHER I CAN TELL YOU AS
OF THIS WE'VE ELIMINATED MOST
OF THOSE GUYS. WE'VE DOWN TO
ONE MORE.
ONE MORE QUESTION YOU NEED
TO OPERATIONAL IMPACT POLICY
CHANGES AND FOR SAFEGUARDS
EXPANDING INVESTIGATION,
PROBLEMATIC. FINDING SYSTEM
AUDITS. DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS
STRICT 30 DAY RECURRENT AUDIT
LOGS SPOT ON AUTHORIZE
SEARCHES. OFFICERS NOW PROVIDE
ACTIVE CASE NUMBER ANSWER,
VERIFICATION PROPS FOR EVERY
SINGLE SEARCH.
THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE
IS WHY WOULDN'T THE SAFEGUARDS
HAVE BEEN IN PLACE BEFORE?
YEAH, I THINK, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE FLOCK IS SO THAT THEY
HAVE A PRETTY DETAILED
DROP-DOWN MENU THAT'S BUT WHAT
WE FIND IS THAT THE DROP-DOWN
MENU DOESN'T HAVE EVERYTHING
THAT WE NEED IN THERE AND GOT
UP. AND I THINK UNFORTUNATELY,
EVENTS LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHT, A
PROBLEMS THAT COULD BE IN
THOSE SYSTEMS. SO WE PUT AN
ADDITIONAL SAFEGUARD, AS YOU
SAID, TO HAVE A CASE NUMBER IN
THERE WHERE THERE HAS TO BE A
LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
WHAT YOU'RE DOING, WHERE
YOU'RE DOING IT AND JUST MORE
INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, THAT
WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT.
THERE HAVE BEEN.
DOZENS OF CITIES THAT HAVE
NOW CANCELED THEIR CONTRACTS
WITH FLOCK BBECAUSEPEOPLE ARE
NOW SEEING WHAT ACCESSED
INFORMATION THE GOVERNMENT
HAS. THEN CEO OF FLOCK WAS ON
NEWS NATION EARLIER TODAY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE
HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO BE
SAFE FOR GAZA POINT CODE. YOU
ARE BORED AND ANY LEVEL OF
ABUSE GREATER THAN 0 OF FLOCK
OR ANYTHING. PLEASE TOOL IS
UNACCEPTABLE. WHEN YOU'RE
GIVEN POWER, WHICH IS WHAT WE
GIVE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT,
ACCOUNTABILITY HAS TO BE
THERE.
I DO APPRECIATE THE SOMEHOW
MAKING THIS ABOUT SAFETY, NO
MATTER WHATEVERER. THE ZICODE
IS PROPS TO WHATEVER PR
COMPANY GAVE HIM. THAT ADVICE
IS THE FIRST INTERVIEW I'VE
SEEN OF HIM. BUT
I GUESS THE CHIEF WOULD BE
IF RESIDENTS ARE SO CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS AND IT'S CLEAR
PEOPLE ARE UPSET, ANGRY.
SCARED BY NOW. THE
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. WHY
NOT JUST TURN IT OFF FOR A
WHILE?
WELL, FOR US, I CAN TELL
YOU, BOY, IT'S JUST BEEN SUCH
A GAME CHANGER HERE. YOU KNOW,
MOHRSVILLE HAS BEEN GROWING
EXPONENTIALLY FOR THE LAST FEW
YEARS. JUST OUTSIDE OF
CHARLOTTE. WE'VE DOUBLED IN
SIZE OVER OVER THE LAST 3 TO 5
YEARS. AND WE'RE GOING DOUBLE
AGAIN AND THE NEXT 3 TO 5
YEARS. SO AND WITH THAT COMES
CRIME THAT JUST DOES REGULAR
PEOPLE COMING INTO THE AIR.
MORE THINGS. THIS HAS BEEN A
GAME CHANGER FOR US AND TO SAY
LIKE, WELL, LET'S JUST TURN
THEM OFF. THE REST OF PUBLIC
SAFETY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE
THERE. AND LISTEN, I GET IT
RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE
CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY AND
MEAN, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING,
RIGHT? IT'S THE COLLECTION
THINK IT'S NOT ABOUT. ROSEN.
THEY MAKE IT ABOUT THAT.
UNITED STATES WHERE IT IS
WHERE ALL THIS DATA IS AND HOW
MUCH HAS THIS? THERE'S A WE'VE
GOT TO RUN, BUT I WANT JUST
SAY AGAIN ON HOW MUCH WE
APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON AND
WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT YOU ABOUT
TRANSPARENCY.
WE NEED MORE