Leaked Flock Guide Shows How It Teaches Cops to Promote Its Tech
A leaked guide reveals that surveillance company Flock instructs police departments on how to manipulate public perception and bypass community opposition to license plate reader technology. The handbook advises officials to control the narrative early and avoid debating the concept of mass surveillance during public meetings.
404 Media has obtained a coaching guide that Flock surveillance gives to police about “how to speak to city councils about public safety technology.” The handbook highlights how Flock and police team up to convince cities to buy and keep its automated license plate reader technology, even when there is widespread public opposition to it, and encourages police to “own the narrative before someone else does” by championing the technology before citizens can oppose it during public comment periods.
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