In Boulder, the Flock camera system helped authorities locate the car of the suspect in the firebombing that killed a woman and injured 29 others in June last year. The car had contained explosives, authorities said.
In Columbine Valley, authorities used Flock to track down a porch pirate — only, it turned out, the woman was innocent.
Over the past few years, two narratives have emerged over the use of street cameras. On the one hand, it has proven indispensable to law enforcement departments, which characterize the street cameras as force multipliers and credit them for reducing crime…