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This morning,
6 former Savannah Police Department employees,
including 4 officers,
are now under criminal investigation after being fired for allegedly
misusing these controversial surveillance cameras made by the company Flock.
Totally honest,
I'm disappointed.
I'm pissed off about it.
The employees allegedly using the system to make.
Personal searches involving family and acquaintances.
The high-tech AI powered cameras read license plates and
store that data for police departments to use.
Over 120,000 deployed nationwide to help fight crime.
They're on street lights,
bridges,
and highways,
but backlash is growing amid rising reports.
Of misuse.
Dozens of officers now charged or
accused of using the technology inappropriately,
including stalking.
This North Carolina police officer arrested for allegedly using it
to track her boyfriend's ex-wife more than 30 times.
She's set to appear in court at the end of the month.
That's what bothers me the most.
The people that use this stuff for personal gain.
Critics also calling these cameras an invasion of privacy.
Some are being vandalized in acts of protest
in Texas.
This camera cut in half,
and in Minnesota,
a man posting these videos of himself covering up the cameras with tape,
telling ABC the technology is dangerous.
But Fox telling ABC News their cameras do exactly what they're.
Supposed to do,
we helped in over a million crimes last year,
over 10,000 missing people,
and some agree
the benefits,
I believe,
outweigh
the issues here.
And Fox saying that criminal acts like vandalism
should never be the answer here as people continue
to make their voices heard in this ever
present debate about individual privacy versus public safety.
Back to you.