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This morning, a new warning about
vandals obstructing, damaging, or
stealing cameras made by Flock Safety
that can tell when a car crosses a
certain intersection. Someone smeared a
glue-like substance on this one in
Eagan, Minnesota. In nearby Plymouth,
Minnesota, a camera was destroyed.
The camera was found just broken into
pieces sitting at the base of the
the pole that it was mounted to.
In North Carolina, police said these are
the vandals who cut through a metal pole
to steal a camera in Craven County. A
law enforcement bulletin reviewed by ABC
News is warning of a week-long protest
later this month encouraging people to
disable the cameras and cover their
license plates to fight back against
what critics call an invasion of
privacy. This guy posts videos of
himself on social media covering cameras
with tape and stickers. There are
120,000 Flock cameras deployed around
the country to read license plates and
store the data for police to search.
A lot of a lot of this is done for
abductions, but also counterterrorism
things. That matters as well. Put them
on bridges, put them on highways, and
you can find someone committing a crime.
Flock says that's exactly what they do.
We helped in over a million crimes last
year, over 10,000 missing people.
But just this week, this former police
officer in North Carolina was arrested
for allegedly using Flock cameras more
than 30 times to track her boyfriend's
ex-wife.
At least twice
she accessed these cameras
while she was off duty.
In Ohio, two officers resigning after
they were accused of repeatedly
searching the same license plates
without a legitimate reason. And after
this ad aired during the Super Bowl to
promote a new feature to find lost dogs,
Search Party from Ring uses AI to help
families find lost dogs.
A different camera system, Ring, severed
its partnership with Flock. Why are
people so concerned with your
technology?
I think the conversation is worth
having, right? We believe in a future
where public safety and privacy can
coexist. The debate is real, but we
shouldn't forget that safety is also a
fundamental right.
Our police departments really rely on
these cameras to help them fight crime
and find missing people. They're now
increasing patrols around automated
license plate readers to keep vandals
away.
Got it.
Yeah, you can see why there's concern
about privacy with it all. All right,
thank you, Erin.