- Flock Safety, a company providing ALPR services, is involved in a story about the expansion of its camera network and its use by law enforcement in Texas, alongside partners like Motorola Solutions.
- Flock Safety technology is being used in Austin, Texas, to aid investigations into violent crimes and locate suspects.
- Flock Safety is deploying AI surveillance technology and proposing legislation regarding camera data in Austin.
Austin city terminated contracts with Flock Safety over civil liberties concerns.
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Updated Sep 8
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What happened
Austin city terminated contracts with Flock Safety over civil liberties concerns.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Flock Safety
American surveillance technology company
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Austin
seat of Travis County, and capital of the State of Texas
Related events
- A trial concluded with the termination of a vendor contract due to civil liberties concerns regarding Flock Safety used by the Boston Police Department in Massachusetts.
- The city of Greeley, Colorado, is considering ending a contract with surveillance company Flock Safety.
- Flock Safety contracts were terminated in Racine and Fond du Lac Counties following the discovery of data misuse.
- Los Angeles canceled its contract with Flock Safety after a study utilizing the Center for Human Rights at the University of Washington, involving consultation with the ACLU.
- City discontinues contract for surveillance technology involving Flock Safety and Fort Thomas.