Deerfield-News. com-Deerfield Beach, FL-Flock or DeFlock: this subject is red hot across America.
Flock Safety, best known for its ALPRs used by law enforcement agencies, also serves many other customers the public may not know about. They also offer other AI devices, including drones, gunshot detectors, and more. Flock cameras do not record vehicle speed; other companies do, and cities and states use them to issue speeding citations.
Germany may be the world’s leader in using speed cameras that mail citations (Bundespost) to violators. Contrary to popular belief, you cannot speed everywhere on the German Autobahn; many areas have marked speed limits throughout the Autobahn system nationwide. They also use cameras on state roads/highways (Bundesstraßen) countrywide. Speed cameras have been in use in Germany since the 1990’s. Rent a car on a visit; when you get to the rental car return line, a ticket may be waiting for you if you were speeding.
Deerfield Beach has speed cameras on Hillsboro Boulevard and near most schools. They are known as Red Speed enforcement systems.
Flock has become generic, like Band-Aid is for a wound-covering adhesive strip. Automatic License Plate Readers are a controversial and hot topic today. Other companies manufacture ALPRs.
Many sheriffs and Police Chiefs support the use of Flock Safety cameras, citing statistics showing the technology solved some very serious crimes.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered FDOT and all cities across Florida to remove Flock cameras from state roads in Florida on August 26th. They have thirty days to comply.
Ulta Beauty, Lowe’s, and Kroger Supermarkets are three major retailers that use Flock Safety cameras.
A content creator, Rachel LaPointe, just posted a piece across her Substack, TikTok, and Instagram that garnered over 700,000 page views. Her concern is that BAD COPS have already used Flock Safety cameras to track and stalk women.
A women’s advocacy group, Ultraviolet, has a petition out, “Hey Ulta, Mass Surveillance Isn’t Pretty.” They are calling for Ulta to end its use of, and relationship with, Flock Safety.
Again and again, one of the big issues, aside from privacy violations, is who has access to all this information.
If over 100 incidents of Law Enforcement misusing the information have occurred, what is happening in industry?
There are over 100 cases of the exact same thing following/stalking women that have been documented by The Institute for Justice of law enforcement personnel using the cameras, in some cases trying to get dates.
Reports of misuse and inaccuracies have sparked a nationwide citizen movement urging government agencies to reconsider the use of Flock safety cameras and other equipment.
Some folks have even removed cameras or covered them with garbage bags.
Source of information below from : Flocksafety.com
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