Flock Safety cameras are automated license plate readers that capture images of plates along with a vehicle’s make, model and color. Police use the technology to investigate crimes such as hit-and-runs and to locate missing persons. Camera data is owned by the police department and permanently deleted after 30 days.
That’s straight up misinformation, right? They capture way more than just license plates and vehicle details, police do way more than “investigate crimes” with them, and the data is absolutely not owned by the police department and deleted after 30 days.
It’s technically correct, as far as I’ve read (not an expert!). Just because the police own a limited subset of the data and their copy is deleted after 30 days doesn’t prevent flock from stockpiling all the data permanently. It also doesn’t stop Flock from having a separate contract, entirely unrelated of course, giving the police access to FlockOS. That platform has all sorts of data from all available sources.
Finally some good fucking news.
Without reading the article, I can only assume they used a battery powered circular saw. Heck, they probably even covered their faces and hands while leaving their phones at home!
They should also know that most (all?) Flock cameras have batteries, so a way to neutralize them should also be brought with you. Hypothetically speaking.
Best power tool is definitely a cordless portable bandsaw. Or so I hear.
You seem to know a lot about the process…
Winona is a college town in southeast Minnesota, right in the border with Wisconsin. Going venture a guess it was students that took them down.
I’m just wondering… did Winona PD lose them, or did Winona PD take the money, but forgot to install them?
woohoo!
its great and all but we all know this is a finger in a dam. theres virtually no way of stopping idiots from trading their liberty for a little perceived safety.
All efforts great and small.
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