Multiple Towns In Blue State To Remove Flock Safety Cameras

Some towns in Connecticut have opted to remove Flock Safety license plate reader cameras from their communities, citing privacy concerns and who can access the stored data.

Windsor and Killingworth decided to remove the cameras.

“Flock Safety could not guarantee that it’s not sharing information with federal agencies,” one reporter said.

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Multiple towns in Connecticut are permanently removing Flock cameras from their neighborhoods after a massive backlash over privacy concerns.

A FOIA request revealed that, in just one town, third parties accessed camera data more than 500,000 times in only nine weeks.

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Killingworth installed four Flock cameras along Route 81 last fall. The town has no police department and relies on one resident state trooper. Officials said the cameras were intended to help police solve crime and address speeding on the road, where the speed limit fluctuates depending on whether school is in session.

Resident Scott Prisley said he understood why the town moved to install the cameras.

“Yeah, I would say there’s quite a bit of speeding,” Prisley said.

But Prisley said he has reservations about the technology.

“I don’t like it,” he said.

A protest sign was planted beneath one of the cameras reading: “MASS SURVEILLANCE CAMERA. YOUR LOCATION IS BEING TRACKED.”

The cameras photograph license plates and send that data to a database. Officials said it has not always been clear who has access to that information.

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According to WTNH, Windsor Mayor Nuchette Black-Burke and the Windsor Town Council voted on July 6 to permanently turn off the Flock Safety license plate reader cameras.

“The decision followed a 5-4, divided vote by the Town Council against bringing the cameras back,” the outlet stated.

Flock Safety cameras have caused controversy in communities across the United States, including Los Angeles, Houston, and more.

There have been reports of police officers misusing the cameras.

Multiple Police Officers Fired And Arrested For “Misuse” Of Flock Camera License Plate Reader System

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