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NewsOne investigation reveals police officers have been using Flock AI camera systems to track their ex-partners, family members, and other private targets without authorization.
A NewsOne investigation reveals police officers have been using Flock AI camera systems—high-speed license plate readers and facial recognition cameras—to track their ex-partners, family members, and other targets without authorization or warrants. Officers accessed the systems for personal reasons, using law enforcement tools for stalking.
This shows the core problem with surveillance technology: once it exists and is available to police, it gets abused. The people most likely to misuse tracking tools are the ones with access to them and knowledge of how they work. Flock AI's cameras are installed on poles across cities and can identify people's faces and vehicles in seconds. Officers can query the system for personal reasons—to find where someone lives, where they work, where they go at night—and face minimal oversight. The investigation reveals that Flock and police departments didn't have adequate safeguards, and abuse went on without being caught or punished. That's a recipe for continued abuse.
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