'Democracy in action': Cities react to privacy concerns by canceling Flock surveillance contracts

'Democracy in action': Cities react to privacy concerns by canceling Flock surveillance contracts

After residents of a Virginia town complained about AI-powered license plate reading cameras in their community, the head of the company that provided them to the local police department pushed back. His message was defiant. “Let’s call this what it is: Flock, and the law enforcement agencies we partner with, are under coordinated attack,” Garrett Langley, chief executive of Flock Safety, wrote in an unsolicited email to Staunton Police Chief Ji…

Flock Safety exposed live police camera feeds in internet data breach, company says

Flock Safety, the company behind the dozens of license plate-reading cameras and other law enforcement-related cameras, exposed some camera feeds to the internet.Flock Safety said only a small number of Condor cameras were affected, but the exposure still allowed outsiders to view and manipulate police video feeds.WATCH BELOW: 'This was an isolated configuration issue and not indicative of a broader or ongoing concern,' Paris Lewbel tells WPTV C…

Bend shuts off Flock license plate-reading cameras over privacy concerns

The Bend City Council voted to end its pilot program with Flock Safety license plate cameras five months early, citing concerns about data security. Police said the cameras helped recover stolen vehicles and track suspects, but the city will still pay the remaining contract cost.