Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
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Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
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Re: Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
#2Is there a good public list of Flock Safety cities? Would be particularly interesting to see where they are in blue states.
Re: Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
#3Is there a good public list of Flock Safety cities? Would be particularly interesting to see where they are in blue states.
There's a crowdsourced collection of ALPRs in OpenStreetMap. deflock.me/map has a display of that data.
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#4Why sue? Why not impound and fine like they would illegally parked vehicles?
Re: Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
#5Is there a good public list of Flock Safety cities? Would be particularly interesting to see where they are in blue states.
They don’t have a public list, but this blog post conveniently has a map of their locations: https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/introducing-law-enforcement...
Judging by the places they advertise, it’s mostly smaller cities/towns. I think the larger cities in the US tend to run their own cameras.
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#6Additional info on the “pilot program” they took issue with: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-abortion-license-plat...
Re: Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
#7Is there a good public list of Flock Safety cities? Would be particularly interesting to see where they are in blue states.
You can search for cities' transparency portals. Not sure if every Flock customer has one though.
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#8Even though it's become commonplace in the last 20 years, I'm still shocked to see how companies can pretty much ignore the law, do whatever they want, and have everyone involved shielded from any kind of significant consequences.
In situations like this, I think the person at the top of the chain that told employees to perform the illegal installations should be arrested and charged. On top of that, the company should be fined into bankruptcy. If the directors knew about it any companies they're involved with shouldn't be allowed to conduct future business in the municipality (or state).
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#9So Fun facts about digital cameras like these: Strong infrared leds at night blind them completely. They sometimes even switch into daymode and become useless at night. Also, lasers are usually not enough to destroy the ccd sensor but only cause small dots to appear[0]. But a Spraycan on a stick can be very effective and of course a silenced airgun for those hard to reach places can be very effective.
[0] Lab Test here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNWNQb2AvQM
Re: Evanston orders Flock to remove reinstalled cameras
#10Is there a good public list of Flock Safety cities? Would be particularly interesting to see where they are in blue states.
Because it's relevant to many on this site, most bay area cities are users