AOC, Sanders, Merkley roll out bill to ban Flock cameras
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation Friday that would prohibit the federal government from using Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader cameras and cut off federal funding for state and local governments that use the technology.
TL;DR
- Legislation introduced to ban federal use of Flock Safety's automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras.
- Bill would also cut off federal funding for state and local governments using ALPR technology.
- Concerns raised about mass surveillance and harvesting of private data.
- Flock Safety operates a network of approximately 120,000 cameras nationwide.
- The legislation follows scrutiny over law enforcement misuse of Flock cameras.
- Sen. Josh Hawley is also working on legislation to restrict ALPR technology use.