# All Flock cameras taken down in Burnet County
# KXAN — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD6E_D4Hpow

THAN 214 ON AVERAGE. WELL,
AFTER MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF
VANDALISM AND PUBLIC PUSHBACK
OVER SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY.
THE BURNING COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE HAS REMOVED ALL OF ITS
FLOCK CAMERAS. KXAN MADISON
MYERS EXPLAINS WHAT LED TO
THAT DECISION AND HOW THE
COMMUNITY IS NOW REACTING. FOR
MONTHS. FLOCK LICENSE PLATE
READER CAMERAS HAVE BEEN A
FAMILIAR SIGHT ACROSS BURNET
COUNTY. I THINK IT'S QUITE SAD
THAT THEY HAVE TO GET RID OF
THEM. BUT AFTER 2 CAMERAS WERE
DAMAGED, THE BURNET COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS REMOVED
ALL OF ITS FLOCK CAMERAS.
ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE, ONE CAMERA WAS DAMAGED
AFTER SOMEONE CUT ITS MOUNTING
BRACKETS AND CABLES. IN A
SEPARATE CASE, ANOTHER CAMERA
WAS STRUCK WITH A BLUNT OBJECT
BEFORE ITS CABLES WERE CUT IN
A STATEMENT TO KXAN, THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAID SEVERAL
CAMERAS HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED.
CITIZENS HAVE BEEN INDICATING
CONCERNS REGARDING THESE
CAMERAS IN THEIR USE. SHARE
BOY THOUGHT THIS WAS THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THESE
CAMERAS, TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION ALL THE PUBLIC
CONCERNS FOR SOME LOCAL
BUSINESS OWNERS. THE DECISION
IS DISAPPOINTING. THE FACT
THAT THEY'RE DOING AWAY WITH
THEM
IS RATHER SAD. SO MANY
NEGATIVE THINGS GOING ON IN
THE WORLD THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TO
KEEP TRACK AND WATCH TO KEEP
THE PEOPLE SAFE. BUT OTHERS
ARE IN SUPPORT THEM I HAVEN'T
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE LIKED.
SURVEILLANCE WITHOUT THEIR
KNOWLEDGE. I'M NOT REALLY
SURPRISED. BURNET COUNTY ISN'T
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE FLOCK
CAMERAS HAVE BEEN TARGETED.
THIS VIDEO FROM CONNECTICUT
SHOWS THE DAMAGE CAMERA
EARLIER THIS WEEK AND OVER IN
CALIFORNIA, THE MONTEREY
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHARED
PHOTOS OF A MAN DRIVING HIS
TRUCK INTO ONE OF THE CAMERAS.
KXAN REACHED OUT TO FLOCK, WHO
SAYS THEY'VE BEEN WORKING
DIRECTLY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO INVESTIGATE DAMAGED IN
STOLEN CAMERAS. IN A STATEMENT
THEY SAID IN PART OVER ALL, WE
HAVE SEEN FEW REPORTS OF
VANDALISM AGAINST FLOCK
EQUIPMENT. PEOPLE EVERY RIGHT
TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.
BUT CRIMINAL ACTS SHOULD NEVER
BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.
DAMAGING PUBLIC SAFETY
EQUIPMENT ULTIMATELY HURTS THE
VERY COMMUNITIES. THIS
TECHNOLOGY IS THERE TO HELP
PROTECT STILL FOR SOME IN
BURNET COUNTY. THE REMOVAL
MEANS LOSING SOMETHING THEY
SEE AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL.
UNFORTUNATELY, TODAY'S SOCIETY
YOU HAVE TO WATCH.
EVERYTHING MEDICINE. MYERS,
KXAN NEWS.
THE VERNON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS CRIMINAL CASES
HAVE BEEN OPEN, BUT THERE
CURRENTLY NO KNOWN SUSPECTS IN
EITHER CASE.
GOING IN-DEPTH HERE,
CENTRAL TAXES AS PART OF THE
COUNTRY, SEEING THE VANDALISM
OF FLOCK CAMERAS IN DALLAS.
POLICE REPORT. 25 FLOCK
CAMERAS HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED
OR REMOVE SINCE MARCH. THE
CITY SAYS REPAIRS HAVE COST
AROUND $2500 FLOCK SAFETY HAS
WAY. MOST OF THE REPLACEMENT
COSTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY. LIKE NORTH CAROLINA.
POLICE SAY ALL THE CAMERAS IN
A PARK IN WAKE FOREST WERE CUT
DOWN AND THEN LEADER SAY AT
LEAST 3 CAMERAS WERE DAMAGE IN
MILFORD, CONNECTICUT. THE CITY
HELD A PUBLIC HEARING OVER THE
CAMERAS ON MONDAY IN THE
SOUTHEAST PARTY. PART OF THE
COUNTRY. A PROTESTER IN ST.
PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, GOING
VIRAL FOR HOLDING A SIGN IN
FRONT OF A CAMERA. AND
ACCORDING TO NBC, AT LEAST 57
MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS