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Oshkosh postpones Flock ALPR renewal after hours of public concern over privacy and security
Summary
After a multi-hour presentation by police and Flock Safety and an unusually large public comment period raising cybersecurity, data-sharing and civil-liberty concerns, the Oshkosh Common Council voted to lay over the planned two-year renewal of Flock automated license-plate readers until its April 21 meeting.
The Oshkosh Common Council postponed a planned two-year renewal of its contract with Flock Safety for automated license-plate readers (ALPRs) after a multi-hour council presentation and a lengthy public comment period on March 31.
Police and Flock representatives described how the ALPR system operates, how captured images are encrypted and hosted on a cloud service, and what local policies and audit tools have been put in place. The department showed examples of investigations aided by ALPR alerts —…
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