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Oakland Installing 480 Cameras, Joining ‘Nationwide Mass-Surveillance System’
Sputnik News ^ | 3/31/24 | Ian Demartino

Posted on 04/01/2024 9:28:06 AM PDT by marshmallow

In 2023, Oakland, California was the site of 14,554 motor vehicle thefts, an all-time high for the city. With increases in burglaries and robberies as well, violent and property crimes are higher in Oakland than they have been since the early 1990s.

The California city of Oakland has approved a plan to install 480 surveillance cameras equipped with automatic license plate readers in an effort to fight rising crime in the city. Most of the cameras, 290, will be deployed inside the city while the remaining 180 will be placed on freeways.

The cameras will provide law enforcement with the ability to track vehicles as they drive around the area, and can track them using license plates, car type, color, decals, and bumper stickers.

“We’re equipping law enforcement with the tools they need to effectively combat criminal activity and hold perpetrators accountable,” California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Friday. “[We are] building safer, stronger, communities for all Californians.”

The plan, part of a multimillion-dollar contract with private surveillance company Flock Safety and the California Highway Patrol, was approved by the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission in October. It was a reversal for the commission, which advised in 2019 that the city terminate any automatic license plate readers.

Flock Safety is a Georgia-based private company that advertises its goal of creating a nationwide surveillance network. One of its features is the ability to add your cameras to their network, making it easily accessible for law enforcement nationwide. Flock Safety co-founder Garrett Langley has set a goal of 25% of all crimes in the country being solved using the Flock Safety network.

Already, Flock Safety has a significant foothold in the Bay area. A growing number of Homeowners Associations, including in the Oakland area, have already contracted Flock Safety to surveil their neighborhoods. Already.......

(Excerpt) Read more at sputnikglobe.com ...


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KEYWORDS: california; cameras; oakland; policestate; privacy
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To: Lockbox

What else are they going to use those cameras for?
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They video and record every car. In case they need to check later when a crime comes up. Supposed to delete after 30 days.

And they have ‘hot’ liscence plates to specifically watch for. These plates can be submitted from any other towns in the system.

It is for our safety and good. Yes, I believe that.


21 posted on 04/01/2024 10:08:31 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense)
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To: marshmallow
It's not about the crime. It's about the total surveillance state.

They love criminals. It's the law-abiding that they hate.

22 posted on 04/01/2024 10:13:00 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Installing the cameras does zilch to stop criminals committing crimes. But does let brain-dead demo-commie voters ‘feel’ like they are ‘safer’.


23 posted on 04/01/2024 10:26:51 AM PDT by curious7
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To: marshmallow

For those who like to follow the money...

https://app.dealroom.co/companies/flock_safety


24 posted on 04/01/2024 10:33:20 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: marshmallow

From a couple of weeks ago, with a yuge WTH?!

https://www.postandcourier.com/news/alpr-cameras-south-carolina-flock-safety-license-plate-readers/article_787a262a-dbd2-11ee-a901-634acead588b.html

“...State Transportation Secretary Christy Hall told a reporter in February that the agency found more than 200 unpermitted Flock Safety cameras during routine monitoring of public roads...”


25 posted on 04/01/2024 10:35:26 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

It gets better, from last month...

https://qz.com/flock-ai-license-plate-surveillance-startup-cameras-per-1851294024

“...According to company correspondence reviewed by Forbes, Flock has failed to obtain correct permitting for hundreds of its camera installations. Installing “devices” on state infrastructure without prior DOT approval is a crime in Florida, Illinois, and South Carolina, and the company has also run into issues with Texas and Washington over its lack of permits...”


26 posted on 04/01/2024 10:37:29 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla

From Upstate NY, January this year...

https://www.mytwintiers.com/news-cat/500000-for-5-more-years-elmiras-new-flock-camera-contract/

500K a year.


27 posted on 04/01/2024 10:39:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: VanShuyten

“… the ability to track vehicles as they drive around the area, and can track them using license plates, car type, color, decals, and bumper stickers.”


In the little town I live in (Central California) there are only four ways to drive in and out. They have these type of camera set up at each entry point. Reading the police report they post on line indicates they catch several stolen cars each month. So they have uses.


28 posted on 04/01/2024 10:55:08 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: marshmallow

Dat be rayciss!


29 posted on 04/01/2024 11:14:29 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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To: marshmallow

Soros won’t allow them to be prosecuted so what’s the point?


30 posted on 04/01/2024 12:03:06 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: marshmallow
I suspect many Freepers think of Oakland as being majority black, but Wiki says otherwise.

In 1990, Oakland was 43.9% black, 32.5% white. In 2022 Oakland was 22% black, 33.4% white. The Hispanic/Latino population has almost doubled during that period, from 13.9% to 27.2%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland%2C_California#Demographics

31 posted on 04/01/2024 2:29:04 PM PDT by TChad
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To: marshmallow

Great footage of more stores getting robbed.


32 posted on 04/01/2024 2:39:36 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: marshmallow

Revenue creating is the name of this game. They don’t care about the crime.


33 posted on 04/01/2024 2:41:02 PM PDT by Gaffer
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Its not for crime. He’s telling you exactly what it’s for. It’s a revenue generator.


34 posted on 04/01/2024 6:11:59 PM PDT by ssfromla (All of this is to see how far they can push us and I have to tell)
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