Shameka Parrish-Wright calls for ending Louisville's Flock contract
Louisville Metro Council member, District 3, running for mayor of Louisville
“These flock cameras and the lack of regulation around them is not good for a police department with a history of bias, with a history of racist practices, with a history of racial profiling, And so I don’t think that we are ready to deal with that. And so I think that we should eliminate our flock contract like other cities have done.”
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Spectrum News 1 Kentucky report on debate in Louisville over Flock license-plate cameras and other new technology.
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Spectrum News 1 reported that Mayor Craig Greenberg defended the city's Flock cameras and that Parrish-Wright said the city should be far more transparent about the cameras and their oversight.
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The article reports that she also raised concerns about the cameras being used to track or stalk individuals, and that police have rejected calls to disclose camera locations.
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Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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The reference point is whether networked license-plate camera systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Parrish-Wright said the city is not ready to handle the cameras given the police department's history and that Louisville should eliminate its Flock contract, which calls for ending the city's use of the system.
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Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
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