Dumfries Pumps the Brakes on Flock Cameras Rollout – WTOP News

Dumfries pumps the brakes on Flock cameras rollout – WTOP News

Dumfries Town Council pumped the brakes this week on its rollout of Flock license plate readers, voting 4-2 on Tuesday to remove the controversial devices.

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Get the Flock out: Earlier this week, the Dumfries Town Council voted to stop use of the automated license plate readers immediately. And now, Virginia lawmakers from both parties are considering a statewide ban on Flock cameras. DeFlock says there are nearly 140,000 cameras operating in the U.S., and Virginia has more than 2,700. Virginians’ “hard-earned taxpayer dollars are going towards being surveilled and that’s inexcusable,” says Virginia …

Dumfries pumps the brakes on Flock cameras rollout

Dumfries Town Council pumped the brakes this week on its rollout of Flock license plate readers, voting 4-2 on Tuesday to remove the controversial devices.