Pleasant Valley aldermen raise privacy and data-use concerns over Flock camera contract
Board members discussed the city's existing contract with Flock, citing feature changes that could enable face/voice recognition and local incidents of vandalism; members asked the police chief to report on usage, metadata and auditing and requested legal review before expanding or altering the program.
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Several aldermen raised privacy and security concerns about the city’s existing Flock license-plate-recognition cameras and asked for a data-use briefing and contract review. One member summarized the technology and why citizens are concerned: "What it does, it moves it looks at your license plates and then captures the vehicle details," a board member said while describing how the system operates and how metadata can be re-used.
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