Marietta
Another Cherokee Sheriff’s Office employee has been fired and arrested after he was found to have misused the automated license plate reader system, the agency announced.
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Flock Safety is tightening privacy and oversight controls for its nationwide network of automated license plate readers as more communities pull back from the technology and lawmakers across the political spectrum push for new restrictions.
Pennsylvania
Flock’s ALPRs, otherwise known as Flock cameras, automatically capture images of passing vehicles and upload them to a database police can search. Law enforcement uses the data to help locate vehicles that may be linked to crimes, missing people or other police matters.
Idaho
1:42 p.m., May 3; Indiana State Police entered a Flock automated license plate reader – known as ALPR – network lookup. The reason for the search: “Immigration (civil/administrative).” Quickly, the nationwide system sprung into action; hundreds of ALPR systems searched for a suspect’s license plate. Among the cameras included in the search was Idaho’s Twin […]
States Newsroom
As localities across West Virginia move forward with purchasing controversial surveillance equipment meant to assist law enforcement agencies, a representative for Flock Safety — the major contractor behind several of these agreements — presented to state lawmakers on Sunday in an attempt to answer questions about the company and its products.
Idaho
On July 6, a crowd in the dozens gathered at a Caldwell City Council meeting. Those who could not find seating lined the back walls, forming a human chain that wrapped around the small office space, faced council members, and continued out the front doors. Expectant, each attendee waited for the meeting to start. Routine […]
States Newsroom
Weeks after Huntington City Council voted to move forward with the purchase of a $2.1 million Flock surveillance system, organizers against the proposal are starting an effort that, if successful, would prohibit the devices in the city.
Illinois
Motorola has improperly shared data from its license plate reading cameras with federal immigration agents and other federal law enforcement offices, allegedly in violation of California state privacy law, according to a new class action lawsuit.
