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Resident urges transparency for county’s Flock Safety license-plate reader contract
Summary
A Benton Township resident urged the Berrien County Board of Commissioners to publish the Flock Safety contract, clarify data-use and retention policies, and provide annual public reporting and a possible public hearing before renewal of the private license-plate reader system funded by the public safety millage.
Jonathan DeWitt, a Benton Township resident, used the public-comment period at the Berrien County Board of Commissioners meeting to call for greater transparency and oversight of the county's contract with Flock Safety, a private vendor that operates automated license-plate reader (ALPR) cameras.
"This is a private surveillance…
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