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THE ISSUE. GREG ISAACS. THIS
IS THIS WEEK'S ASK ISAACS.
GREG, GOOD TO SEE YOU. OR IT'S
GOOD TO BE HERE. WE ARE
TALKING TODAY ABOUT REALLY A
DOUBLE EDGED SWORD. AUTOMATIC
LICENSE PLATE READERS. THEY'VE
GOTTEN THE NAME FLOCK CAMERAS
FOR A BIG PROVIDER OF THEM.
LORI TUCKER: LAW
ENFORCEMENT SAYS THE SYSTEM'S
HELP THEM, FOR EXAMPLE, SOLVE
CRIMES AND FIND MISSING
PEOPLE. BUT GREG, THEY CAN BE
MISUSED. WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY
ABOUT THEM?
WELL, IN AN OF ITSELF, YOU
AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE
READER. THAT'S GOING GENERATE
REVENUE FOR ITS CITY WHEN
SOMEONE RUNS A RED LIGHT,
SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE A GOOD IDEA.
FRUSTRATING IF YOU'RE THE RED
LIGHT RUNNER. BUT IF SOMEONE
WOULD SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING
TO SELL YOU A MILLION AND A
HALF TALLER. WARRANT WAS MASS
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AND THEN
NOT TELL YOU WHO GETS TO LOOK
AT THE DATA WERE HOW IT'S
STORED. I THINK IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY.
HOW RED LIGHT CAMERAS HAVE
MORPHED INTO MUCH, MUCH MORE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL THEY ARE
AN INVASION OF PRIVACY. BUT
WHAT?
LORI TUCKER: CAN YOU EXPECT
REASONABLY UNDER THE LAW? IF
YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC? WELL, WE
DO HAVE A CAMERA IN AND OF
ITSELF. YOU HAVE NO RECENT
WEEKS EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY,
WHICH IS WHAT KICKS IN YOUR
4TH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AGAINST
UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND
SEIZURES. BUT HOWEVER, SUPREME
COURT HAS RECENTLY SAID THE
GOVERNMENT CAN'T USE SO PHONE
DATA TO TRACK YOUR LOCATION.
THAT'S RECENTLY BEEN EXPANDED.
SO I THINK WHERE THE PROBLEM
IS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS
27 SHADES OF GREY BETWEEN
BLACK AND WHITE. THE FLOCK
CAMERAS OF ITSELF IS FINE.
MASS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
WITHOUT A WARRANT OVER. THEY
CAN TRACK YOUR VEHICLE FOR
DAYS IS A PROBLEM IN RACES.
SIGNIFICANT 4TH AMENDMENT
ISSUES SAY IS THE OPERATOR,
OK? SO HERE'S THE QUESTION.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT DATA
COLLECTED? DO WE EVEN KNOW
NOBODY KNOWS THEM. REMARKABLE
THING IS IN IN CONGRESSMAN PET
JUST PROPOSED TO BILL TO STOP
ALL FEDERAL BLOCK FUNDING.
THERE ARE NO CFR U.S. FEDERAL
REGULATIONS FOR FORT FLOCK
CAMERAS IN THE CITY OF
KNOXVILLE. I UNDERSTAND THERE
ARE NO POLICIES, NO PROCEDURES
ON WHO CAN ACCESS THE DATA,
HOW IT'S STORED, HOW IT'S
RETAINED UNDER WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCES CAN IT NOT BE
USED CAN BE USED. SO, YOU
KNOW, WHEN THEY SAY BIG
BROTHER IS WATCHING BIG
BROTHER IS WATCHING, BUT IT'S
REALLY INTERESTING KNOX COUNTY
MAYOR GLENN JACOBS, NO FLOCK,
INCOMING MAYOR HAS HAS
CONCERNS. CONGRESSMAN BURCHETT
NO FLOCK. SO IT'S REALLY
AMAZING HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY
KIND OF SNUCK IN UNDER THE
RADAR 9 YEARS AGO, 9 YEARS
AGO. AND NOW WE'RE LIKE. WOW,
WE HAVE SOMEONE WATCHING
EVERYTHING WEEK. WE DO. AND
THE OTHER THING IS IT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAS SOLD
AS BEING SOMETHING TO FIGHT
CRIME IN HIGH CRIME AREAS.
WILL THESE CAMERAS STARTED
POPPING UP IN LITTLE TOWNS
LIKE CORRYTON TENNESSEE AND
PEOPLE ARE SCRATCHING THEIR
HEAD GOING. DO WE REALLY NEED
A RED LIGHT CAMERA? GOVERNMENT
WATCHING? YEAH, GOOD QUESTION.
AND WE'LL BE WATCHING THIS
ISSUE. GREG, THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU HAVE A LEGAL
QUESTION, SEND IT TO ASK
ISAACS AT WATE DOT COM.
REMEMBER, WE TALKED WITH GREG
EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 5.30, RIGHT
HERE ON CHANNEL 6 FOR A DEEPER