Flock cameras draw bipartisan concerns at Senate hearing
- On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary subcommittee chair Josh Hawley convened a hearing on AI-powered surveillance networks after the CEOs of Flock Safety, Axon Enterprise, Motorola Solutions, and Verkada declined invitations to testify.
- Senators raised bipartisan concerns about Flock's nationwide network of more than 120,000 cameras that scan millions of vehicle movements daily without warrants, prompting Hawley to examine what he called an expanding surveillance network.
- Florida resident Lindsey Isaacs testified she spent 13 days in jail after a Flock camera erroneously linked her to a fatal crash. Pinal County, Arizona, Sheriff Ross Teeple said he terminated his department's contract due to transparency concerns.
- Lawmakers discussed potential federal interventions including warrant requirements for historical data searches, while Hawley left open the possibility of subpoenaing the absent executives after cybersecurity researcher Benn Jordan warned of systemic digital vulnerabilities.
- House members have introduced at least four bills targeting surveillance technology as privacy-security debates continue. Flock said it supports 'clear, sensible legislation,' though critics argue existing safeguards fail to prevent systemic misuse.
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Senate Hearing On Flock Cameras
A recent U.S. Senate hearing examined the growing use of automated license plate readers and artificial intelligence-powered surveillance networks, with witnesses describing wrongful arrests, alleged police misuse, and security vulnerabilities involving technology operated by Flock Safety and other companies. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism held the hearing, titled “Always Watching: Flock’s Nationwide AI Surveilla…
Congress probes Flock; Illinois immigration surveillance law may be moot - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - During a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioned expert witnesses on the use of Flock Safety and other automated license plate reading cameras. One witness said the Illinois law banning Flock's use in federal immigration cases may be [...]
Congress probes Flock; Illinois immigration surveillance law may be moot – Center Square
Chad Marlow, policy counsel for the ACLU, explained, “The news I have to share is the value of those laws is limited. If the federal government, you give an example of ICE, were to show up with a judicial warrant or an administrative subpoena for that data, it would not matter much what Illinois law said about it."
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The Center SquareCongress probes Flock; Illinois immigration surveillance law may be moot
(The Center Square) – During a U.S. Senate hearing Wednesday, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., questioned expert witnesses on the use of Flock Safety and other automated license plate reading cameras.
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