Cops Searched a Nationwide Camera Network for Reasons Like 'LMAO' and 'IDK'
Cops Search Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' and 'Asdfg'
An Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis of Flock Safety's audit logs reveals that police officers across the U.S. ran searches on a network of over 19,000 license plate cameras using reasons like 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' and 'asdfg.' Many departments took no action or let officers off with a warning, exposing how casually law enforcement treats a powerful mass surveillance system.
With no warrant requirements, limited guardrails, and deficient audit processes, ALPR databases have fostered a culture of unrestricted access to everyone's location information.
- moribvndvs
I’d like to see these comments copied over to the “reason for termination” field in their personnel file.
- swed420
EFF article
- jauntywundrkind
This is why police unions are starting to talk about shutting down Flock: because it's a hazard to police. Because the normalized abuse of power that pervades policing is actually visible here.