Last Week on Mark and Melynda: Greg Abbott, AISD, Luigi Mangione, Mayor Mamdani, Flock Cameras, and More!

Last Week on Mark and Melynda: Greg Abbott, AISD, Luigi Mangione, Mayor Mamdani, Flock Cameras, and more!

8-10-26 Mark and Melynda The city of Lago Vista bans flock cameras and the investigation into Fauci continues. [audio src="https://waterloo-od.streamguys1.com/markandmelynda4to6pm/20260810181407-8-10-26MarkandMelynda.mp3"] 8-11-26 Mark and Melynda Mayor Mamdani is promoting the Delivery Protection Act and we discuss a jury duty scam that’s been going on. [audio src="https://waterloo-od.streamguys1.com/markandmelynda4to6pm/20260811181504-8-11-26M…

FBI Data Shows Flock Cameras Are Failing to Solve Crimes

In this Slay News article, David Lindfield reports that new FBI data shows Atlanta’s massive expansion of Flock Safety automatic license plate readers has failed to improve the city’s ability to solve major crimes and in several categories clearance rates have actually declined. Atlanta now operates more than 5,000 Flock and other ALPR cameras that...

Behind the Massive Blowback Against Flock Cameras

"Activists and citizens across the political spectrum are pushing back against license plate readers made by Flock and similar companies, fueled by privacy concerns and suspected police misuse," Axios reports."Flock cameras are suddenly emerging as the next big target of populist anti-tech, pro-priv

Whoops: New Data Shows Flock Cameras Aren’t Solving Crimes…

But new FBI data suggests the massive expansion of Flock Safety cameras has done little to improve the Atlanta Police Department’s ability to solve crimes. The findings, first reported by the Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC), undercut one of the central arguments made by supporters of automatic license plate reader systems: that sacrificing some privacy is justified because the technology helps police catch criminals.