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Residents press privacy concerns as Flock Safety presents license‑plate readers to Lynn Haven commission
Summary
Flock Safety representatives told Lynn Haven commissioners the company's license‑plate readers (LPRs) are encrypted, delete images after 30 days and are owned by the community; residents pushed back about alleged hacks, Ring integration and risks of abuse during a lengthy public Q&A.
Carrie McCormack, a public‑affairs manager for Flock Safety, told the Lynn Haven City Commission that the company’s license‑plate reader system is designed to support investigations while protecting privacy, saying images are encrypted, owned by the community and deleted after 30 days unless downloaded for an investigation.
The presentation and a two‑hour public question-and-answer session that followed drew multiple residents who urged the commission to “deflock” the city, citing alleged misuse, past incidents of unauthorized camera access and potential integration with private Ring doorbell systems. “Flock does not sell data,” McCormack said. “The community owns the photos taken in Lynn Haven, and they are hard‑deleted at 30 days unless downloaded for a police investigation.”
Why it matters: Residents described the cameras as an intrusive surveillance tool that can be misused by insiders or combined with other networks;…
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