Phoenix Suburbs Terminate Contracts with Flock Safety Amid Growing Contract Cancellations
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Flock contract cancellations grow among cities, other jurisdictions Two Phoenix, Ariz. suburbs became the latest municipalities Wednesday to terminate their contracts with Flock Safety, cancelling their use of the company’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that have drawn widespread privacy concerns. The city of Tempe, which had an $80,000 contract with the company, said it would turn off all of its Flock cameras…
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Fox NewsOn Tuesday, the Pflugerville City Council voted unanimously to end the Texas city’s agreement with Flock. City staff will turn off all 28 automated license plate reader cameras covered by the contract and disable access to the system, according to the city.
New York PostThe city’s contract with Flock Safety expired Aug. 23 after residents blasted the automated license plate reader technology over privacy concerns, including fears that data could be shared with federal immigration authorities.
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Hawley launches investigation into Flock cameras’ massive surveillance program Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, has launched an investigation into Flock Safety’s national surveillance network and is demanding to know who has access to the personal data of Americans captured on Flock cameras. Hawley in a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley wrote that the…
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Fox NewsSen. Josh Hawley is demanding answers from Flock Safety over whether its rapidly expanding network of AI-powered cameras has helped create a searchable national database of Americans’ movements as communities across the country pull the plug on the technology amid mounting privacy concerns.
Washington ExaminerIn his capacity as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, Hawley said he would be opening an investigation into Flock’s “collection, retention, and dissemination of the data generated by its artificial intelligence cameras”
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Hawley said law enforcement needs tools to catch offenders and keep communities safe, but argued Americans should not have to surrender their privacy while carrying out everyday routines.
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Washington ExaminerAt the end of his letter, Hawley clarified that he wants law enforcement to have the tools to reduce crime, but emphasized that it should not come at the cost of people’s privacy.
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01 New York Post Santa Barbara is giving controversial Flock license-plate cameras the boot — but the fight over police surveillance is far from over.
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02 Washington Examiner Hawley particularly raised concerns about police officers’ misuse of Flock cameras to stalk former partners, saying the incidents “reveal the woeful lack of safeguards in these systems.”
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03 Fox News "We look forward to working with Senator Hawley and the Subcommittee to provide additional context about how our technology works, the safeguards built into our platform, and how law enforcement agencies use Flock to solve crime and find missing people," Lewbel said.
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