External law enforcement agencies will no longer be able to conduct nationwide searches of Akron’s Flock camera network under a new city policy that takes immediate effect.
The city is conducting an ongoing review of its Flock system logs and its use of the license plate readers. Residents have raised concerns about privacy, immigration enforcement and reproductive rights investigations involving data available through the Flock system.
Removing Akron’s data from the nationwide network will prevent searches by out-of-state agencies going forward, but will not affect the Akron Police Department’s use of the system for public safety purposes. Akron police and agencies within Ohio will still have access to searches…