Akron’s 146 Flock surveillance cameras part of controversial nationwide network

For drivers in the City of Akron, there’s a good chance a police officer can track where they went, when they were there and the route they took before and after their trip.

From main thoroughfares to neighborhood streets, nearly 150 Flock Safety cameras are mounted throughout the city, logging the license plates of every vehicle that drives by into a database searchable for the next 30 days by law enforcement agents nationwide.

Across the country, officers in more than 6,000 agencies operate roughly 120,000 Flock cameras that don’t need a warrant to discover where the drivers have been…

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