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Former officers kept using Flock camera network after leaving police
Original: Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network.
A Washington Post investigation found that former police officers retained access to Flock's vast automated license plate camera network long after leaving their departments. The report says some ex-officers used the system to track locations, including of romantic partners, raising fresh concerns about oversight of the fast-growing surveillance network and who can query its location data.
Why now: Fresh reporting exposes weak oversight of Flock's camera network and misuse by former officers.
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- Cops left the force. They kept tracking people with a powerful camera network. · The Washington Post
Police kept access to Flock’s vast surveillance system long after they left the force. Some used it to track the locations of romantic partners.
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