Lawsuit alleges Boulder police Flock camera system amounts to illegal mass surveillance
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Abigail Ankeney
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Summary
A class-action lawsuit alleges that the Boulder Police Department's use of 31 Flock cameras constitutes illegal mass surveillance without probable cause, violating the Colorado Constitution. The cameras scan license plates of people engaged in everyday activities like taking children to school. The plaintiffs, William Freeman and Gwen Steel, argue this warrantless surveillance system infringes on constitutional privacy protections.
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Boulder has deployed and uses 31 Flock cameras to scan people's cars while they are doing everyday tasks such as taking their children to school.
The department's camera usage constitutes a warrantless system of mass surveillance, violating the Colorado Constitution's provision against warrant
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