What This Story Is About
- Murfreesboro residents took their concerns about Flock Safety cameras to the city council Thursday night, asking them to back out of a recently-renewed contract with the surveillance company.
Why It Matters
- In June, the city council voted to renew a more than $240,000 contract with the company to provide Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras and gunshot detection microphones.
- Thursday night, residents asked the Murfreesboro City Council to back out of the city’s contract with Flock, but they declined to do so.
For Context
- DeFlock the USA, a group opposing the technology, says volunteers have reported 154 ALPR cameras in and around Murfreesboro.
Catch Up
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WSMV) – Murfreesboro residents took their concerns about Flock Safety cameras to the city council Thursday night, asking them to back out of a recently-renewed contract with the surveillance company.
“Safety matters, but our privacy matters as well,” one resident said during public comment…