Flock cameras are one of the biggest topics of conversation across the country right now.<\/p>\n
The surveillance technology company operates a nationwide network of automated cameras that record license plate numbers to help law enforcement agencies aid their investigations. <\/p>\n
The company has come under scrutiny in recent weeks, with critics raising concerns about privacy and the potential for data misuse.<\/p>\n
A website called Have I Been Flocked?<\/a> allows you to type in your license plate number to see if a Flock camera has captured your car\u2019s information and included it in their database.<\/p>\n Last week, the Flock CEO said the company will make changes to its guardrails, including requiring law enforcement customers to implement an audit tool to flag abnormal search behavior.<\/p>\n RELATED: Flock announces changes amid backlash over its license plate reader network<\/a><\/p>\n In Minnesota, multiple cities and counties have faced vandalism and pushback against Flock cameras.<\/p>\n Winona police said eight of the city\u2019s Flock cameras were cut down and stolen, with the department adding that they will not be replacing them.<\/p>\n RELATED: Winona won\u2019t replace Flock cameras after thefts took all of the city\u2019s devices offline<\/a><\/p>\n Authorities in Plymouth, Edina and Anoka County have all reported vandalized cameras, while in Faribault, a man was\u00a0charged with stealing a Flock camera<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sherburne County<\/a> and Columbia Heights<\/a> also said they will be ending their use of Flock cameras.<\/p>\n RELATED STORIES:<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0Car<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flock<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Vehicles<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flock cameras are one of the biggest topics of conversation across the country right now. The surveillance technology…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7582,32870,8,9,7,34796],"class_list":["post-66560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-car","tag-flock","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-vehicles"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/117109972135267548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}