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🔗 Axon Vs. Flock: Two Policing Tech Giants Just Had A Big Falling Out "[Axon CEO Rick] Smith signed off by saying that he felt 'embarassed' [sic] that he'd recommended Flock to customers, apologizing 'that the situation has deteriorated to this point.'
'They do this so that agencies are forced to go with their ecosystem and not be able to shop around for a better deal or solution,' [a police drone pilot in New Jersey] told Forbes."
🔗 Performance of Automatic License Plate Recognition Systems on Distorted Images "Results indicate that certain weather distortions drastically reduced the accuracy of ALPR systems, with the accuracy of the systems approaching zero in some cases."
🔗 The Human Toll of ALPR Errors Oops
🔗 Cops love facial recognition, and withholding info on its use from the courts Facial Recognition
🔗 How FedEx is helping cops build a mass surveillance network More coverage:
🔗 The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling Audio Surveillance
🔗 NYPD's ShotSpotter Gunshot-Detection System Overwhelmingly Sends Officers to Locations Where No Confirmed Shooting Occurred, New Audit Uncovers NY
New York
Audio Surveillance
🔗 Most CT drivers 'scanned hundreds if not thousands of times' by 'unregulated' license plate readers CT
Legislation
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🔗 Champaign's trial run of gunshot detection program fires blanks IL
Champaign
Audio Surveillance
"Six months of data documented on the detectors, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, shows the system collected alerts for 64 total incidents. These incidents took place between April 8 and October 8 this year.
But 59 alerts marked as unfounded, which means the device falsely detected a gunshot or the device failed to detect a gunshot. In 21 of the unfounded incidents, it was determined that fireworks likely triggered the detector.
Five of the alerts were tagged as founded, meaning the detector accurately indicated and located gunfire. In four out of the five incidents, citizens had also called in and reported the gunshot."
🔗 Efficacy of Automated License Plate Reader Hits in Piedmont, California CA
Piedmont
Technology
Notes: Study finds that correlation between Flock system "hits" and both investigative leads and stolen vehicle recoveries is statistically weak.
🔗 Who's Watching Washington: Dangers of Automated License Plate Readers to Immigrant and Reproductive Rights in Washington State WA
🔗 Security Cameras Make Us Feel Safe, but Are They Worth the Invasion? Paywall
🔗 Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Abortion Access. Here's How Policymakers Can Mitigate the Risk EFF
Reproductive Rights
🔗 Fast-Growing Company Flock is Building a New AI-Driven Mass-Surveillance System ACLU
🔗 OIG Finds That ShotSpotter Alerts Rarely Lead to Evidence of a Gun-Related Crime and That Presence of the Technology Changes Police Behavior IL
Chicago
Audio Surveillance
ShotSpotter
"Of the 50,176 confirmed, 41,830 report a disposition—the outcome of the police response to an incident. Of those dispositions, a total of 4,556 indicate that evidence of a gun-related criminal offense was found, representing 9.1% of CPD responses to ShotSpotter alerts."
🔗 Flock Safety Falcon LPR Tested Paywall
🔗 Data Driven 2: California Dragnet—New Data Set Shows Scale of Vehicle Surveillance in the Golden State CA
EFF
"In 2019 alone, just 82 agencies collected more than 1 billion license plate scans using ALPRs. Yet, 99.9% of this surveillance data was not actively related to an investigation when it was collected."
🔗 Data Driven: Explore How Cops Are Collecting and Sharing Our Travel Patterns Using Automated License Plate Readers EFF
🔗 Things to Know Before Your Neighborhood Installs an Automated License Plate Reader EFF
Technology
🔗 Automatic License Plate Readers: Legal Status and Policy Recommendations for Law Enforcement Use
🔗 COMMONWEALTH vs. JASON J. McCARTHY MA
Court Ruling
Fourth Amendment
Notes: Good review of mosaic theory and concerns about aggregated use. Did not find a warrant was necessary when only four cameras were used for a limited period of time, but made clear that a large enough deployment (with the example of 1,000 cameras given) would.
🔗 Automated License Plate Readers: To Better Protect Individuals' Privacy, Law Enforcement Must Increase Its Safeguards for the Data It Collects CA
🔗 The Impact of License Plate Readers on Violent Crime in Tigerland, LSU: A Geospatial Case Study "It cannot be argued that LPRs do not provide the police with a useful tool in criminal investigations and arrests; however, the findings from the current case study suggest that the installation of the LPR in Tigerland had no statistical effect on violent crime. As such, it does not seem that LPRs are a useful tool for crime deterrence."
🔗 Documents Reveal ICE Using Driver Location Data From Local Police for Deportations ACLU
Immigration
🔗 Virginia Supreme Court Sees Through Police Claim That License Plate Data Isn't 'Personal' ACLU
Fourth Amendment
🔗 A map of Flock's surveillance network Real-Time
Technology
Notes: Searchable database of Flock camera locations in the US. The operator of this site has been branded a "terrorist" by the CEO of Flock.
🔗 Eyes on Flock Real-Time
Technology
Notes: Captures data from Flock's "transparency portals" in real time.
🔗 Eyes Off Massachusetts MA
Activism
🔗 Street Level Surveillance: Automated License Plate Readers EFF
🔗 ALPR Analysis Notes: Shows, by county, how many residential homes pass ALPR cameras on their way to their nearest essential services.
🔗 Data Driven: What Is ALPR? EFF
🔗 Transparency Portals "A list of Flock Transparency portals"
