Peter R.

This is an incredible video from Polk County (FL) Sheriff Grady Judd on Flock cameras. It's long but it's a must-watch. "The license plate readers, known as 'Flock,' is the single best tool to keep people safe and to find those that have run away from or driven away because of Alzheimer's or dementia." "We don't need to do away with the best tool to keep you safe. But what we need is the guardrails that the professional agencies have to include us inculcated in state law. Not just about the license plate readers known as flock, not just about the toll cameras, not just about the red light cameras, not just about the speed cameras in the school zones, not just about the cameras on the school buses, but all of the technology. We need to have robust rules that ensure your privacy, ensure an auditing process, and ensure an accountability process." "There are those that are concerned, 'Well, they know where I'm going.' Well, let's make sure we have this all put together. There are license plate readers that read your tag number when you're on the toll road. It knows where you're going. There's red light cameras that read your tag number. They know where you're going. There's school speed cameras that read your tag number. They know where you're going." "The body cameras record your face. The body cameras comes into your private business. But not one word about them. And they invade your privacy every day and every time there's a police officer there. Not one word about the cameras on the patrol cars that also have license plate readers." "There's cameras on school buses that read your tag number when you stopped past school buses. They know where you're going. So the bottom line is we've picked out flock, this one series of cameras that's the least invasive of all of them." "I'm never going to apologize for saving lives and solving crime."