A colleague’s empty seat separated Deborah Janick from the three other members of the Tiverton Town Council present at its July 27 meeting. So too did her perspective on Flock Safety.
Janick was the only no as the council voted 3-1 — with three members absent — to approve the installation of additional Flock automated license plate reader cameras in town.
The decision following 40 minutes of deliberations interrupted by outbursts from opponents in the audience made the town an outlier in a summer of public resistance to Flock across the state and the country. The Atlanta-based private company’s 120,000 U.S. cameras photograph and identify vehicles using artificial intelligence to recognize license plates, bumper stickers, make, model and color. Police don’t need a warrant to search Flock’s system…