Marshall says Lynchburg can back policing and still question Flock
Democratic candidate for Lynchburg City Council, Lynchburg Better Together slate
“This does not need to be a fight between public safety and privacy, Lynchburg can support good policing and still ask good questions. In fact, transparency helps everyone — residents, officers, city staff, and future City Council members.”
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Campaign statement from the Lynchburg Better Together slate of Lynchburg City Council candidates, issued after the Lynchburg Police Department paused its fixed Flock cameras pending an independent review.
Before the quotation
The Lynchburg Police Department announced it would temporarily pause the city's fifteen fixed Flock license-plate cameras while an independent third-party review is completed. The Lynchburg Better Together slate of City Council candidates released a statement in response.
After the quotation
The slate said it would support four steps: a transparent independent review, public release of the Flock contract, a public hearing and a five-year public safety technology plan with criteria for renewing, expanding, limiting or discontinuing the program.
How this statement is classified
Case context: Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
The label describes this statement’s response within the context above.
Why this label?
The reference point is whether networked license-plate reader systems such as Flock should exist and be used. Marshall said the question need not be a fight between public safety and privacy and that the city can support policing while asking questions and requiring transparency. He neither calls for ending the cameras nor defends them without conditions, so Mixed or conditional fits.
- Recorded on
- Published here
- People and groups discussed
- Flock Safety
Should Flock-style license-plate surveillance networks exist?
Explore the case context, sources and public responses.
More from this case
Read the full case“Ohioans should not have their movements routinely tracked, photographed, and stored simply for driving on public roads.”Read statement
“Tennesseans should be free from a surveillance state.”Read statement
“We need to restore real limits, real oversight, and real due process.”Read statement