# Debate over use of Flock cameras expands nationwide
# ABC 6 News - KAAL TV — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zURTEx_Ds

FOR JOINING US HERE ON SIX
NEWS TONIGHT. I'M ROBIN,
WOLFRAM AND.
I'M AXEL GUMBEL. WELL, THIS
IS A DEBATE THAT HAS BEEN
GARNERING ATTENTION ACROSS THE
NATION. THE USE OF AUTOMATIC
LICENSE PLATE READERS BY
POLICE TO LOG AND TRACK ANY
CAR THAT PASSES BY. THERE ARE
OVER A HUNDRED THOUSANDS OF
THESE TYPES OF CAMERAS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND NOW DUE TO
CONCERNS OVER PRIVACY MORE AND
MORE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE BEING
VANDALIZED.
NOW THIS TYPE OF VANDALISM
EVEN HIT HERE, CLOSE TO HOME
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA IS ALL
EIGHT PLOT CAMERAS AND WHEN
JONAH HAD BEEN STOLEN TODAY.
SIXES, KABADDI. MATOMBO LOOKED
INTO THE ISSUE TO FIND OUT HOW
THESE CAMERAS ARE BEING USED
HERE IN OUR AREA AND WHY THEY
ARE STIRRING UP SO MUCH
CONTROVERSY.
AXEL ROBYN, ONE OF THESE
CAMERAS, ACTUALLY RIGHT BEHIND
ME NOW IT'S CALLED A AN
AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER
, BUT COMPANIES LIKE FLOCKS,
CELL SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES
AND THE RULES FOR HOW AGENCIES
CAN USE THEM ARE ALSO
DIFFERENT FROM STATE TO STATE
THERE ARE OVER A THOUSAND
AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE
READERS OR ALP PRS IN
MINNESOTA AND IOWA THE
MAJORITY OF THEM OUR OWNED BY
THE COMPANY FLOCK SAFE DEEP,
THE WIDESPREAD USE OF THESE
CAMERAS HAVE RAISED PRIVACY
CONCERNS ACROSS THE U. S SAYS
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT THE
TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED FOR
MASS SURVEILLANCE.
THE CAMERAS THEMSELVES ARE
ABLE ARE CAPABLE OF RECORDING
INDIVIDUALS WALKING BY
SEARCHING FOR THEM BY
DESCRIPTION OR BY HEIGHT BY
CLOTHING STYLE BY RACE, BUT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FLOCK
SAFETY SAY THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY THE CASE AS A MRS
ONLY TRACK VEHICLES AND
LICENSE PLATES WITH FLOCK
SEEING IN THE STATEMENT FLOCK
SAFETY LPR CAMERAS, CAMERAS,
OUR PURPOSE BUILT TO CAPTURE
STILL POINT IN TIME IMAGES OF
VEHICLES IN PUBLIC VIEW THEY
DO NOT RECORD OR STORE VIDEO
HERE IN OUR AREA THE LARGEST
CONCENTRATION OF THESE CAMERAS
ARE FOUND IN CLEAR LAKE POLICE
CHIEF MIKE COLBY SAYS THESE
CAMERAS HELP HIS DEPARTMENT DO
MORE WITH LESS, WE'RE ABLE.
TO PUT THOSE CASES TOGETHER
QUICKER AND GET PEOPLE THAT
ARE VIOLATING THE LAW AND
REALLY PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER.
LOCATED FASTER AND THE
TECHNOLOGY HAS LED TO ARRESTS
IN CLEAR LAKE AS FLOCK CAMERAS
ALLOWED POLICE TO LOCATE AND
ARREST A GROUP OF FRAUD
SUSPECTS USING ONLY A
DESCRIPTION OF THEIR CAR. BUT
DESPITE THE POPULARITY OF
FLOCK BRANDED MRS THE
ROCHESTER POLICE DEPARTMENT
DECIDED TO GO WITH CAMERAS
MADE BY THE COMPANY ACTS ON
BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THEY HAD CONTROL OVER
THEIR DATA. AXON IS GOES TO
GREAT LENGTHS TO MAKE SURE THE
DATA THAT THE L P R. IS SECURE
AND CAN'T BE BREACHED BY OTHER
.
ORGANIZATIONS, BLOCK SAFETY
HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR HOW IT
STORES AND ALLOWS OTHER
AGENCIES TO ACCESS LICENSE
PLATE DATA.
ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AGENCY THAT CONTRACTS WITH
FLOCK.
HAS ACCESS TO ANY OTHER LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FLOCK
CAMERAS.
UNLESS THAT AGENCY RESTRICTS
ACCESS IN.
A STATEMENT, BLOCK SAFETY,
SAID THAT AGENCY IS USING THE
TECHNOLOGY HAVE TO CHANGE
THEIR SETTINGS FOR OUTSIDE
AGENCIES TO ACCESS THEIR
CAMERAS,
AND SOME POLICE DEPARTMENTS
LIKE CLEAR LAKE HAVE SECTIONS
ON THEIR WEBSITES WHERE YOU
CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT THEIR
CAMERAS DO AND WHAT THEY ARE
FOR, BUT THE FACT THAT THERE
ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT
COMPANIES WITH SEVERAL
DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAMERAS
THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON, IT