Tempe mayor on move to cancel Flock cameras: ‘Potential for misuse was too great’

Corey Woods (D), the mayor of Tempe, Ariz., on Thursday defended his decision to cancel the city police department’s $80,000 contract with Flock Safety, a top automated license-plate reader company, amid reported misuse of its products.  “The concern that we had was just that the potential for misuse was too great,” he

Supporters say Flock cameras help police, while critics warn they enable excessive surveillance and raise privacy concerns.

Tempe joins a growing list of cities ending their relationships with Flock over concerns of privacy, misuse, and data sharing. Bloomberg/Getty Images Tempe, Arizona, shut down its Flock cameras over privacy and misuse concerns. While police found no misuse in Tempe, there have been cases of suspected misuse in nearby

DeSantis warns in Miami against Flock cameras’ ‘surveillance state’ potential  Miami Herald