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Ainsley: CAMERAS WATCHING
LICENSE PLATES AND HELPING
POLICE TRACK DOWN SUSPECTS, PART
OF FLOCK SAFETY.
PRIVATE COMPANY THAT PROVIDES
AUTO MATED LICENSE PLATE
CAMERAS.
GROWING BACKLASH WITH AMERICANS
RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY,
CIVIL LIBERTY AND HOW MUCH THE
CAMERAS ARE TRACKING YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY.
JOINING US NOW IS FLOCK SAFETY
CEO GARRETT LANGLEY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
GOOD MORNING.
Ainsley: TELL US THE BENEFITS
OF THESE CAMERAS.
YEAH, IT IS REALLY
COMPOUNDING, LAST YEAR ALONE WE
HELPED SOLVE MORE THAN A MILLION
CRIMES FROM NATIONAL STORIES
LIKE THE BROWN SHOOTER TO
EVERYDAY STOLEN CARS.
LAST MONTH, A THOUSAND MISSING
PEOPLE DETECTED AND 22,000
STOLEN CARS.
EVERYDAY YOU HEAR STORIES OF
INCREDIBLE RESULTS.
Ainsley: YOU CAN BE AMAZING,
WE HAVE VIDEO OF BRYAN
KOHBERGER, MAYBE NOT YOUR
COMPANY, A RING CAMERA HELPED
SOLVE THE CASE.
YOU HAVE NANCY GUTHRIE, I WAS SO
HOPING CAMERAS IN THAT
INTERSECTION LEAVING HER
NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE WORKED
OR WOULD HAVE SEEN SOMETHING OF
THE KIDNAPPERS.
I KNOW ISRAEL HACKED CAMERAS IN
IRAN AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE OUT
THE LEADERS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT
IT.
GLEN JACOBS, KNOX COUNTY,
TENNESSEE, NEIGHBOR, THEY PULLED
SOMEONE OVER AND THOUGHT THEY
WERE ACCUSING SOMEONE OF A CRIME
AND THAT PERSON WAS INNOCENT.
A FEW WEEKS AGO, A FAMILY
PULLED OVER, POLICE GOT OUT OF
THEIR CAR THINKING DANGEROUS
SITUATION, STOLEN CAR.
IT WAS NOT, IT WAS ERROR WITH
FLOCK CAMERAS, THOSE ARE NOT
ISOLATED INCIDENTS, THIS SYSTEM
IS NOTORIOUSLY ERRONEOUS, THERE
IS A CITY IN CALIFORNIA, 71% OF
HITS WERE THE WRONG LICENSE
PLATE.
IT IS NOT SAFE AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Ainsley: WHAT IS YOUR
REACTION TO THAT?
YEAH, LOOK, FOR EVERY ONE
MILLION ALERTS WE SEND ROUGHY
EIGHT ARE FLAGGED INACCURATE,
WHAT THE MAYOR IS EVERY ARING TO
IS THE NATIONAL DATABASE
NCIC HAS BAD INFORMATION, THAT
IS SOMETHING WE'D LIKE TO PICK.
OVER 40 COURTS CONTINUE TO
DEFINE ALPR CAMERAS AS
INCREDEDIBLY CONSTITUTIONAL.
WHEN YOU TALK TO VICTIMS,
EVERYONE WANTS SAME THING, TO BE
SAFE.
Ainsley: HERE ARE SOME
RESIDENTS VOICING CONCERNS FOR
DIFFERENT REASONS, LISTEN TO
THIS.
FLOCK CAMERAS, HAVE BEEN USED
WRONGLY IN A NUMBER OF WAYS,
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WARNING
ABOUT.
ISSUE WITH TECHNOLOGY THAT
PROFITS FROM SELLING PEOPLE'S
DATA.
THESE TOOLS ARE TRACING,
TRACKING AND MONITORING AND
STALKING US.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW
WHERE I GO AND WHEN I GO.
THAT IS MY BUSINESS.
NOT ANYONE ELSE'S.
IF YOU TAKE THAT AWAY, THAT IS
THE END OF OUR FREEDOM.
Ainsley: IT IS A PRIVATE
COMPANY, YOUR COMPANY, SELLING
INFORMATION TO POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
THERE ARE CASES WHERE THE VIDEO
IS MISUSED.
IS THIS BIG BROTHER?
NO, LOOK, ANY LEVEL OF ABUSE
IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SADLY POLICE
ABUSE HAS EXISTED FAR BEYOND AND
FAR BEFORE FLOCK, WE ARE FIRST
TO SHINE A LIGHT ON IT.
WE DON'T SELL DATA, WE DON'T OWN
DATA.
EVERY CUSTOMER, BUSINESS OR
COMMUNITY OR CITY OWNS THEIR
DATA AND CHOOSE HOW LONG IT IS
STORED, WHO IT IS SHARED WITH,
AS WELL.
IT IS NOT BIG BROTHER, WE'RE
FOCUSED ON PROTECTING PEOPLE.
IT IS NOT FAIR, NOT RIGHT BASED
ON WHAT ZIP CODE YOU LIVE IN
DETERMINES YOUR SAFETY LEVEL.
WE GET CLEAN WATER, SAME
ELECTRICITY, NOT THE SAME E E VE