Flock Safety is tightening its license plate reader policies by expanding Audit Assistance, making auditing mandatory, suspending accounts during reviews, and requiring officers to enter case codes for searches. The changes come after widespread reports of officers abusing the system for personal reasons, as backlash grows over Flock’s surveillance network and its privacy implications. #FlockSafety #ACLU #RecordedFuture
Keypoints
- Flock Safety is expanding its Audit Assistance feature to detect abnormal activity.
- All customers must adopt the auditing tool by the end of the year.
- Accounts will be suspended during reviews of suspicious activity.
- Officers must enter case codes for searches, with an emergency bypass allowed.
- Recent abuse cases and public backlash are driving contract cancellations in several cities.
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