Across Dayton, Ohio, city workers are pulling black trash bags over dozens of automatic license plate readers previously installed by the local government, rendering the devices useless.
The move comes after city officials suspended the use of these Flock Safety cameras over concerns the system’s data was being used for immigration enforcement.
Last month, the Dayton Police Department announced the city would no longer use Flock’s data after it found more than 7,000 cases of searches relating to immigration enforcement made by outside entities. Cities officials called the cases “egregious violations of policy” that prohibited data from the devices from being used for immigration enforcement or shared with agencies “whose primary purpose is to enforce immigration laws.” Dayton appropriated an extra $30,000 for an audit of Flock camera data logs…