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Public commenters urge Detroit to pause Flock surveillance cameras and review police data access
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Multiple public commenters urged the City Council to examine and halt the use of Flock license-plate surveillance cameras and review law-enforcement access to collected data, citing civil-rights and immigration-enforcement concerns and pointing to other cities that have paused contracts.
Public commenters at the Detroit City Council’s Jan. 30 meeting urged the council to end or pause the city’s use of Flock license-plate surveillance cameras and to review who can access the data.
Adam Barrett, a speaker from Detroiters for Tax Justice, told the council the cameras “are an egregious violation of our constitutional rights” and alleged the technology has been used by immigration authorities to locate and detain people. Barrett said several other jurisdictions have canceled or…
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