Ogden residents express mixed opinions regarding the implementation of license plate reader cameras by the police department. While some believe the technology enhances community safety, others raise concerns about privacy, data security, and the involvement of a private company in monitoring citizens' movements.
Flock cameras use automatic license plate reader technology that allows police departments to find vehicles possibly connected to crimes.Nine people displaced after Ogden officer notices flames coming from home's roofAccording to the Ogden Police Department, the cameras are mounted throughout the city and include technology from Flock Safety, a private company.
“I don't like that. For the simple reason that it's a private company doing it, because the private company, the private sector, shouldn’t have a right to infringe on your own space,” said Arturo Montoya, an Ogden resident. On the other hand, Derick, an Ogden resident, said, "I think it's good for the community. It keeps crime down. Pete Ashdown, president of X Mission and a cybersecurity expert, said that for him, the system raises concerns about oversight and accountability. “They argue that the pros are that there's more safety and security, but I think the con is that we're giving it up into private hands.” “There's no warrant required. There's no judicial review. It's just straight up a private company collecting information about individual citizens,” Ashdown added.In the presentation, Chief Sube said the technology helps police solve crimes. He cited a recent case in which officers located a suspect wanted for kidnapping a 13-year-old girl. Police say safeguards are in place to protect who can access the data and how, including limiting access to the video data to 30 days. Ashdown said police departments have less control over systems operated by private companies and should consider using their own system. “They have less control over the Flock system than if they had their own system,” Ashdown said. “What Flock is doing is not rocket science. There is plenty of software out there for individual cities and police departments to do this on their own. And when they do it on their own, they're assured of where the data is."The Gateway in downtown Salt Lake City has been listed for sale.According to an online listing from Jones Lang LaSalle, the 613,075-square-foot property, builtA Colombian man belonging to a protected class was detained by ICE while leaving immigration court. His case had been dismissed minutes before his detention, anA woman was arrested after she reportedly went to pick up her child from a daycare while drunkWhitney Jensen, 39, was arrested on suspicion of driving under thA family is grieving after their husband and father was hit and killed by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper more than two weeks ago.The trooper struck Jack WilcoxonA Utah mother shared her story for the first time since the man who kidnapped and abused her and her children was sentenced to decades in prison.David Remley —
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