A packed library meeting in Roanoke County offered a look at how deeply troubled some Virginia residents are by Flock’s automated license plate readers.
What police may see as a routine crime-fighting tool has become, for critics, a symbol of constant tracking without consent.
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According to reporting by the Roanoke Star, more than 75 people showed up at Roanoke’s South County Library to protest the Flock Safety camera network, a turnout organizers said was the biggest the region has seen on the issue.
Residents worry they can be swept into a law enforcement database just by driving to work, school, the store, or a public meeting…