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Cleveland voters approved eliminating the Flock camera surveillance network, but police continue operating the cameras without authorization, raising accountability concerns.
Cleveland voters approved eliminating the Flock camera surveillance network in a referendum, but police have kept the cameras operational without authorization. The cameras capture license plates and vehicle data across the city.
This is a direct defiance of a democratic vote. The police department decided the voters were wrong and continued the program anyway. It's a clean example of accountability failure: voters tried to constrain power, and the institution with the power ignored them. What matters now is whether the city government will enforce the referendum or allow the police to keep operating in open violation of it.
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