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The proliferation of Flock Safety license plate readers has been praised by law enforcement officials, and met with suspicion by critics. In fact, here in Georgia there have already been dozens of cases of law enforcement officers abusing the surveillance technology, often to track down personal acquaintances. The Atlanta-based tech company now has more than 120,000 cameras across 49 states, making an estimated 20 billion scans each month. But with great power, comes great responsibility, and abuse from our trusted law enforcement has Flock DRIFTING…
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