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FLOCK & Automated License Plate Readers
TRP reporting and conversations about Flock Safety, automated license plate readers, surveillance, access controls, policy and accountability.
15 articles · 1 episode, newest first
Newsroom ·
Knox County Banned Fixed Plate Readers. The New Surveillance Ordinance Goes Much Further.
The unanimous emergency measure bars Knox County government from operating fixed automated plate readers, preserves deputy-operated mobile readers, caps KCSO drones at 10, restricts drone surveillance and biometric ident…
Systems Explained ·
Flock Can Help Solve a Case. That Does Not Prove It Reduces Crime.
by Brandon Burley
Civic Conversations ·
Knox County Asked Flock for Answers. Now the Contract, 143 Cameras and ARC Are All in Question.
Commissioners entered Monday’s workshop seeking answers about data retention, access, sharing, audits, cybersecurity and misuse.
Systems Explained ·
Tennessee’s Plate-Reader Network Is Growing One Local Contract at a Time
by Brandon Burley
Civic Conversations ·
Government Surveillance Should Be Public. Your Travel History Should Not Be.
by Brandon Burley
Systems Explained ·
ALPR and Flock Technology Explained: When License Plate Readers Become a Privacy Debate
S3 E12: Flock Cameras Explained
Podcast · Systems Explained ·
ALPR and Flock Technology Explained: When License Plate Readers Become a Privacy Debate
What are Flock cameras, and why are so many people suddenly concerned about them? In this Season 3 Systems Explained episode, Brandon Burley talks with Nick Nugent, a University of Tennessee law professor who teaches tec…
Listen to episodeSystems Explained ·
The Cameras Were Watching the Public. Then Anyone Online Could Watch Through Them
by Brandon Burley
Systems Explained ·
Your Police Department Bought the Cameras. Who Else Can Search Them?
by Brandon Burley
Personal Reflections ·
When Public View Becomes a Pattern of Life
As a detective, I watched automated license plate readers begin as a practical way to find stolen vehicles and missing people. The technology did not remain that simple.
Newsroom ·
Knox County’s Flock Camera Expansion Is Paused. The Bigger Question Is How It Was Approved.
by Brandon Burley
Systems Explained ·
Every Search Was Logged. Officers Still Used Plate Readers to Track Romantic Partners
by Brandon Burley
Systems Explained ·
Police Have Always Seen Cars. Flock Lets Them Search Where Those Cars Have Been
by Brandon Burley
Personal Reflections ·
America should not confuse surveillance with security
Commentary
Personal Reflections ·
License plate readers can help police. The question is who governs the data.
Yesterday, you saw the newsroom put out this article: “Federal license plate reader proposal reopens debate over public safety, privacy and local control”, here’s my take on it.
Newsroom ·
Federal license plate reader proposal reopens debate over public safety, privacy and local control
Justice / Public Safety Desk