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Resident urges Statesboro to audit Flock Safety ALPR system; police chief defends use
Summary
A Statesboro resident told the council he is concerned about privacy, misuse and cybersecurity in the city’s Flock Safety automated license-plate reader system; Police Chief Graham described cases where the system helped locate suspects and said policy and disciplinary rules limit abuse.
James Hagen, a Statesboro resident, told the mayor and council he is asking the city to reconsider renewing its Flock Safety contract and to require an independent security audit. “There’s concern about being in violation of privacy since they record every vehicle that passes by regardless of whether the driver was part of a crime,” Hagen said, listing worries about warrantless access, false positives and cybersecurity lapses.
Hagen told the council that Flock units “photograph every vehicle that passes by and then record data about them, like license plates, make and model,” and he noted…
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