Flock introduces new privacy measures amid camera controversy

Well, license plate readers causing controversy. The ceo of flock camera says there'll be some changes that controversy over privacy. Yeah, New Storm, New Jersey's Tony Caputo is in Bridgewater this morning and Tony, you found the camera. So what's going on here? Yeah, we're just talk Promenade Boulevard here right by the stadium. Some sub Patriot Stadium here in Bridgewater. Give you a look at what we're talking about that right there. That is a flock camera and that camera reads all the license plates. A vehicle just drove by. It's reading every license plate that comes in to the shopping center area here. It is under scrutiny, however, after several reports of law enforcement officers have been abusing that system, using it to do things like track romantic partners. Now, flock cameras are designed to read license plates, collect information and then it's meant to be used to fight crime or the flock camera ceo saying he will add more oversight that will flag abnormal behavior and change how long it stores information. For example, adding an audit tool to flag abnormal search behavior as well as having to enter a specific code from a records management system, leaking each linking rather each search to a specific case. Now, critics include the A. C. L. U. They've called for these types of changes to this flock camera system, but they believe even with these changes, it's still allowing some wiggle room for it to be used improperly. So let us know how you feel about it. News 12 dot com. The news 12 app, of course, will continue to talk to folks about it and keep you posted as we move forward in dealing with this flock camera system. We're live in Bridgewater, Tony Caputo News 12 New Jersey. Yeah, Tony, everyone's talking about it. Thank you.