# Police misuse of Flock cameras raises serious privacy concerns
# NewsNation — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmiBq8CrCzs

KEEP AN EYE ON. COURTNEY
FRIEL, THANK YOU FOR THAT
UPDATE. ALRIGHT CHANCES ARE
YOU'VE BEEN CAPTURED BY A
FLOCK SAFETY CAMERA. THE
LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE ALL
OVER THE U.S. THEY'RE HELPING
TRACK DOWN SUSPECTS A
HIGH-TECH COMPANY IS UNDER
FIRE OVER PRIVACY CONCERNS. UC
FLOCK CAMERA STORE DATA
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER A PERSON
HAS COMMITTED A CRIME AND NOW
THERE ARE CLAIMS OF HIS
PRIVATE INFORMATION HAS BEEN
ACCESSED EVEN FOR THOSE WHO
ARE NOT SUSPECTED OF ANY
CRIMES ONLINE. THERE IS
NATIONS. BENNETT HAVE REALLY
HAS MORE BENNETT. WELCOME TO
NEWS NATION PRIME. IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU. IT'S GOOD TO MEET
YOU ON AIR. WHAT'S THE LATEST
ON THIS CONTROVERSY. YEAH.
THANK YOU. THERE IS DEFINITELY
A GROUNDSWELL OF PUSHBACK.
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS NOT
NECESSARILY NEW LICENSE PLATE.
READERS CAN CERTAINLY CAPTURED
THE IMAGES OF CARS LICENSE
PLATE NUMBERS.
AND THEN STORED FOR A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, OFTEN
30 DAYS THAT HAS REALLY
SPURRED AND RENEW THESE
CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY AND
THESE ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE
MISCONONDUCT INMULTIPLE STATES
ACCUSED OF USING THE
TECHNOLOGY TO LOOK UP PEOPLE.
WHO WERE NOT UNDER
INVESTIGATIONS OF ANY CROPS.
AND INTERSECTIONS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY. FLOCK CAMERAS CAPTURE
THE MAKE MODEL AND LICENSE
PLATES OF EVERY CAR THAT
DRIVES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN
IN STORE THAT DATA ON AVERAGE
OF 30 DAYS REGARDLESS OF
WHETHER THAT PERSON HAS
COMMITTED A CRIME. THE
COMPANY'S ASSORTMENT OF
CAMERAS CAN ALSO TRACK
VEHICLES WHEREABOUTS FLOCK
SAYS MORE THAN 12,0
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
RELY ON THEIR TECH AND THEN IT
HELPS SOLVE A NEW IN CRIMES
INCLUDING RECOVERING STOLEN
CARS AND LOCATING THOUSANDS OF
MISSING CHILDREN.
I STARTED THIS COMPANY WITH
2 CO-FOUNDERS BECAUSE WE
BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS A
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO BE SAFE.
BUT CRITICS OF THE COMPANY
LIKE THE OPEN SOURCE WEBSITE,
THE FLOCK IN THE ACLU SEE ITS
CAPABILITIES ARE TOO
FAR-REACHING IN RECENT WEEKS.
POLICE OFFICERS IN MULTIPLE
STATES ARE BEBEING INVEIGATED
FOR MISUSE AND OFFICER IN
NORTH CAROLINA LOST HER JOB
AFTER USING FLOCK DATA TO LOOK
UP HER PARTNER'S EX WIFE.
DOZENS OF TIMES. 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. I THINK
IT'S AN IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION. WE SHOULD TO BE
CLEAR, ANY LEVEL OF ABUSE
GREATER THAN 0.
OF FLOCK OR ANYPLACE TOOL
IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHEN YOU'RE
GIVEN POWER, WHICH IS WHAT WE
GIVE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ACCOUNTABILITY HAS TO BE THEIR
FLOCK. CEO SAYS THEIR INTERNAL
AUDITING TOOL CREATES AN ON
ALL TROUBLE TRAIL ANYTIME
ANYONE CONDUCTS A SEARCH. IT'S
SOMETHING THEY'VE UPGRADED IN
THE LAST 4 MONTHS.
HOW LONG THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT HOLDS ON TO THE
DATA DEPENDS ON THE STATE. BUT
THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT
FLOCK HAS HAD TO COURSE
CORRECT LAST SUMMER. THE
DANVILLE, ILLINOIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT DISCOVERED OTHER
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAD ACCESS
THEIR FLOCK DATA ON. BUT NOTES
TO THEM IN SOME CASES THOSE
AGENCIES WERE USING IT TO
CONDUCT IMMIGRATION SEARCHES.
FLOCK ENDED UP CLOSING THAT
BACKDOOR LOOPHOLE. BUT THE
CONTROVERSY STUCK DOZENS OF
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY HAVE CANCELED OR
REJECTED THEIR FLOCK CONTRACTS
INCLUDING OAK PARK. A CHICAGO
SUBURB. THEIR MAYOR, BIG EAST
GAME AND SPOKE WITH NEWS
NATION ABOUT THAT DECISION. IT
WAS VERY CHALLENGING TO TRY TO
BALANCE KEEPING ALL OF OUR
COMMUNITY SAFE AND PROTECTING
HUMAN RIGHTS. BUT AT THE END
OF THE DAY IN OUR CONSTITUTION
AND HUMANITY.
AND HUMAN RIGHTS HAST
ALWAYS. WHEN DO YOU HAVE ANY
REGRETS ABOUT CANCELING THE
CONTRACT. NOW.
I DO NOT. THE OAK PARK
VILLAGE. MAYOR THERE SAYING
THIS WAS REALLY TOUGH DECISION
AS AN EMPLOYER. SHE WANTED TO
GIVE POLICE THE TOOLS THEY
FELT WERE NECESSARY, BUT THEY
CONSIDERED LIMITING.
HOW LONG THE DATA WAS
STORED. THE ULTIMATELY,
THOUGH, CAME DOWN WITH THE
CITIZENS PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT
WON OUT OVER THIS TECHNOLOGY
AND THEY'RE STILL FAR REACHING
QUES