Open Records Are Taking Down Flock Cameras

About this episode

This episode discusses how public records rulings are impacting Flock camera programs and leading cities to unplug them.

The pitch for Flock is always the same: “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you’ve got nothing to hide.” Then a court says the footage is public record, and suddenly cities start unplugging the cameras. In this episode, Zach Varnell and Elizabeth Melton walk through the public records rulings that are forcing Flock programs into crisis […]

People in this episode

Hosts: Zach Varnell, Elizabeth Melton

Topics covered

• Flock cameras
• public records
• privacy
• surveillance
• court rulings

Keywords

• Flock
• public records
• surveillance cameras
• privacy rights
• court decisions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Flock, Flock programs

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