Sarlou@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoFlock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down10
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minus-squareItsNotImportant24@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 months agoCops love them because they can abuse them and spy on people for no reason, as has happened quite alot already.
minus-squaredan1101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 months agoWait until Flock footage or data accidentally helps prove a cop guilty of a crime.
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoYou mean gives them a mandatory paid vacation while it all blows over?
minus-squareItsNotImportant24@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoExactly, this is what would actually happen.
minus-squareStumblingWasabi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoLike the cop that used flock to stalk their ex, I believe putting “waffle” (or maybe it was “asdf”) as the reason for using them? Pretty sure they just said he did it because he was tired then got off Scott free.
minus-squareManalith@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoLast I checked there’s been like 14 similar cases of this. As far as I know, they’ve all retired, or moved agencies.
Cops love them because they can abuse them and spy on people for no reason, as has happened quite alot already.
Wait until Flock footage or data accidentally helps prove a cop guilty of a crime.
You mean gives them a mandatory paid vacation while it all blows over?
Exactly, this is what would actually happen.
Like the cop that used flock to stalk their ex, I believe putting “waffle” (or maybe it was “asdf”) as the reason for using them? Pretty sure they just said he did it because he was tired then got off Scott free.
Last I checked there’s been like 14 similar cases of this. As far as I know, they’ve all retired, or moved agencies.