The revolt against Flock cameras: Communities pushing back over surveillance concerns

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.