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Report: Police Told to Obscure Flock Surveillance System Usage
FBI guidance urges law enforcement to obscure or limit audit details in Flock's nationwide surveillance system to protect officer safety, amid widespread transparency concerns.
- On Dec. 10 an Evansville police officer queried tens of thousands of vehicle-tracking cameras, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation dubbed the resulting leak a threat to officer safety.
- Haveibeenflocked.com now hosts more than 74 million vehicle-location searches from Flock Safety, Atlanta-based private company valued at $7.5 billion with over 90,000 cameras and more than 5,000 law enforcement partners.
- Removing officer names, Flock Safety told customers late last year it would aid redaction capabilities, while local law enforcement agencies mistakenly released tens of thousands of un-redacted records and the FBI urged limiting nationwide searches to reduce officer-safety risks.
- ACLU senior policy attorney Chad Marlow says local governments have less control over shared Flock data, more than a dozen cities adjusted data access, and Santa Cruz, California canceled its contract on Jan. 14 amid privacy concerns.
- Dunwoody Police Chief Mike Carlson sought Jan. 26 approval for a $200,000 contract renewal, but the Dunwoody City Council deferred a vote to Feb. 23 amid data-security concerns.
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