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Posted on 07/22/2026 5:14:52 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
For weeks, Verona, Wisconsin tried to get Flock to remove the three automated license plate cameras that its city council had voted to stop using. Flock told city employees not to remove the cameras, and a Flock employee told city officials that they were unsure whether the cameras could be remotely disabled, which led the town to decide to put black plastic trash bags over them until Flock eventually removed the cameras itself, according to emails obtained using a public records request by 404 Media.
The emails give insight into the process cities face while deFlocking themselves after voting not to renew a contract with the AI surveillance company. As we’ve previously reported, multiple cities around the country have decided to put black trash bags over their Flock cameras while they wait for them to be removed; this is in part because, until the cameras are physically removed by Flock, cities are unsure whether they have the legal right to remove the cameras themselves and are not sure whether they can disable their recording operations. The emails show Verona city officials telling each other that they had made multiple requests to Flock to have the cameras removed, and show a work order from Flock in which the cameras were set to have maintenance performed on them rather than being removed.
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I’m made of metal
My circuits gleam
I am perpetual
I keep the country clean
Verona is Madistan
Why wouldn’t they be able to remove them? they are on city property, treat em like week old garage sale signs. they dont pick them up, they get taken down. In this case i would stack them like pick up sticks in the impound lot. come and get your stuff and pay us.
Do Flock cameras have enough resolution to ID someone from 400 yards carrying a 300 Win Mag? Asking for a friend?
Electric eye Judas Priest
Screaming for vengeance side, one track one…
One of the greatest metal albums ever made
Re “… enough resolution to ID someone…”
Not if your face is covered.,
“Do Flock cameras have enough resolution to ID someone from 400 yards carrying a 300 Win Mag?”
My 300 isn’t even warmed up at 400. Things start to get interesting at 600.
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“One of the greatest metal albums ever made.”
Agreed.
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They’re wrapping them in plastic bags?!?!
Wrong answer! Wrap them in Faraday bags!
They will ID anyway. It will be wrong but AI will provide someone’s name
“They’re wrapping them in plastic bags?!?! Wrong answer! Wrap them in Faraday bags!”
It wouldn’t surprise me if they also ping the cars to get their ID as they pass by - so you’re right.
Flock cameras also use bluetooth.
*Electric eye Judas Priest
Screaming for vengeance side, one track one…
One of the greatest metal albums ever made*
I agree 100%!
Who cares if they object? Flock doesn’t make laws and contracts can be broken.
The municipalities don’t own the cameras: they’re leasing them from flock.
CC
I’m glad to see this! UNTIL a family member of mine, or a close friend or child is murdered and dumped at some traffic intersection.
AI will eventually be able to possibly
identity a person by their gait if
sufficient examples are collected /shiny side out
I imagine that would be additional information
including cellphone 📱 tracking (triangulation),
regional footprint, general height / weight, etc.
You have until Tuesday to remove them or we will and they will go in the trash. Your move.
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