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Police would also have looked at other Flock cameras on the Internet to track Beltran’s car and confirm Parra’s story.
Coolman told the Times of San Diego that “monitoring large numbers of people without questioning, or thinking, is a recipe for disaster.”
“Law enforcement will always have false pretenses, the way the net is cast,” Coolman said.
Misuse of the flock causes permanent harm
San Diego counts among the cities that have invested in Flock, spending $2 million a year to implement it. Around the US, some states have won the battle to end these contracts and refund Flock, however, the mayor of New York City recently showed how some local officials are willing to go to block refunds.
In April, Carmella Mantello, the Republican mayor of Troy, New York, accused the Democrat-led city council of putting the city at risk by trying to stop Flock’s funding, The Washington Post reported. report. To keep Flock’s cameras rolling, he declared a state of emergency — which the Post said is usually reserved for floods and hurricanes.
In response, the city council sued the mayor and, as the battle lines were drawn up, decided to enact an ordinance banning the use of Flock in the area.
Surveillance cameras are supposed to help catch violent criminals and take down the innocent. But for innocent people accused of crimes based on Flock’s data, the technology could cause lasting harm. Both Parra and Beltran are in serious danger, the Times of San Diego confirmed, as they now hope that their past writings will influence police and courts reviewing the gang and possibly lead to wrongful arrests.
Since his arrest, Parra told the San Diego Times that he now “gets frustrated every time a police officer or a patrol car comes.”
“I remember all the bad things the (district attorney) and the judge said about me, and how dangerous I was to people,” Parra said. “I ended up being considered guilty until proven innocent instead of the other way around.”
