Surprise cancels Flock camera contract

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morning, there are several
investigations have been taking
place. Into suspected misuse
of automated license plate
readers here in the valley.
Well this morning we have an
update on at least one of those
investigations. That's right.
The city of surprise is
canceling its contract with
flock safety. Fox 10's Danielle
Miller joins us live right now
with the very latest. Yeah Good
morning. The surprise Police
Department announced last week
that it wanted to discontinue
its use of the flock camera
system, and now they want the
cameras removed here within the
city limits. So last week, a
surprise police officer was
placed on leave accused of
possible misuse of the
automated license plate
readers. That's when the city
announced it was suspending the
program. Now the city has
decided to terminate its
contract with flock. Police
have credited the technology
for solving several crimes, but
it's been a long time coming
has also come under intense
scrutiny in recent months, and
concerns have been raised about
whether they violate the Fourth
Amendment of the Constitution
by being considered a
warrantless search. So we have
seen this several other valley
cities, including. Chandler
Tempe and Goodyear have also
had issues with automated
license plate readers. That
includes possible misuse by
police officers in data sharing
concerns. We also heard from
flock founder and CEO Garrett
Langley, who is defending the
technology and announced extra
oversight on data and usage so
you can find all of that
coverage and conversation on
this topic on Fox 10 Phoenix
dot com. For more information
still not clear when the company
will officially take down the
cameras will send it back to
you guys. All right, Danielle,
Danielle. Thank you for that
update this morning. We're
