The Jacksonville City Council met to have their first reading to install video cameras on major intersections in Jacksonville at Monday’s City Council meeting.
Various cases have shown the misuse of Flock cameras, which are operated by Flock Safety and detect license plates in order to locate vehicles involved in crimes. A Lee County sheriff was fired for misusing the Flock cameras for non-law enforcement purposes.
Residents of Huntsville have also voiced their concerns on Sept. 17 at the Huntsville City Hall. The residents’ main concern was privacy, as many of the residents believed the mass surveillance would “degrade the rights of Freedom of Assembly and degrade constitutional Fourth Amendment rights.”…