Flock Safety announces major changes after backlash to its license plate reader cameras

Some law enforcement officers have been accused of using the eyes in the sky for personal ends to stalk partners and ex-partners

Flock CEO Garrett Langley says customers own the data the Flock surveillance cameras record, and they can also decide which offenses can be searched.

US firm tightens oversight of automatic licence-plate readers after reports of misuse by police officers.

Flock announces changes to its license plate reader network after reported abuse by members of law enforcement  Chicago Tribune

Flock cameras have been stolen or vandalized in at least seven cities across Minnesota. Duluth and several other jurisdictions are dropping the technology.

Critics say the measures are “public relations” and leave room for continued misuse.

A company that operates a vast nationwide network of automated cameras that record the license plate numbers and other characteristics of all passing vehicles every day is making changes to its platform

Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network  AP News

Flock Safety will implement new privacy and data retention policies as pressure grows on the automated license plate operator to prevent its technology from being abused or used to conduct mass surveillance. The company announced Thursday it will reduce its default data retention window from 30 to seven days, cutting t

From wrongful arrests to officers stalking exes, license plate cameras keep exposing police failures.

The police-tech giant Flock is announcing today that it will change officers’ access to its nationwide network of license plate readers, in an apparent effort to quell a growing backlash and win back contracts lost amid concerns about mass surveillance and police abuse. Several changes aim directly at a problem that ha

CEO Garrett Langley pushed back against a “misconception that we are some evil entity that has these diabolical plans.”

Flock safety is cutting default license-plate camera data retention from 30 days to seven days and requiring police to document the reason for every search.

They were involved in incidents tracking people with whom they had a “personal relationship".

The rise of public surveillance has also led to the rise of an adversarial counterpart: fashion designed to confuse AI security cameras. It’s designed to baffle the senses of Axon body cams, Flock cameras, and other tools of mass surveillance through tricks like patterns that AI sensors confuse for animals, objects, or