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Resident urges Bedford County committee to probe Flock AI surveillance, alleges Matrix Partners link
Summary
At a public comment period, a community member urged the Bedford County Public Safety Committee to investigate a prior vote funding the Flock AI surveillance system, alleging ties between Matrix Partners and the Chinese government and asking commissioners to review privacy and security concerns.
A Bedford County community member raised privacy and procurement concerns about a previously approved Flock artificial intelligence surveillance camera system during public comment at the county’s Public Safety Committee meeting.
The speaker, identified in the record by other participants as Tom, told the committee he believed the county’s prior funding vote for the system could be invalid and urged commissioners to ‘‘research that to the nth degree’’ before spending more taxpayer money. Tom alleged there is…
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