Why Flock License Plate Readers Are So Controversial
Many Bay Area cities from Oakland to San Francisco have contracts with Flock Safety, a surveillance company that offers license plate readers that yield far more data than an average speed camera. Many citizens and privacy activists are concerned that the cameras are collecting so much information it's actually a violation of our fourth amendment rights. But law enforcement agencies and their supporters argue that since cities started using the cameras, crime has gone down.
Bay Curious listener Dennis Riley has heard some of the news about Flock cameras and began to wonder, how much…
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