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Homeland Security camera grant prompts public questions about Flock use
ABC 7 reports that after council approved accepting a Homeland Security grant for more cameras, residents raised privacy and placement concerns. Police Chief Thomas Hover said the department uses about 80 Flock cameras, does not keep Flock data longer than 30 days, places cameras based on calls for service, and would release information to federal immigration authorities if they were working an investigation cooperatively with the department.[1]
What the sources say
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Thomas Hover, Police Chief; an organizer with Flock Off the 806: Police Chief Thomas Hover said camera placement is based on calls for service, not demographics, and that the department would release information to federal immigration authorities if they were working an investigation cooperatively with it. An organizer with the group Flock Off the 806 cited ten cameras in the San Jacinto neighborhood and questioned the spending. [1]