re: Incidents of Cops using Flock Data to stalk exes & romantic interests are piling up

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How many of them will they pay to replace, before they decide it's not worth it and give up?

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Most are paid for with taxpayer funds or federal grants.

The "they" that pays to replace them is us.

It's a great way for the state's enforcement arm to use the data in predictive analysis so as to harass citizens...that's the real reason for flock data.....so we can all be good little boys and girls.

The problem I have with Flock (and other) camera manufacterers like private Traffic light monitoring, parking meters, etc. is...

Gaming the government system. Here's how it works:

Make a product that costs several thousands of dollars, more for physical installation and upkeep (cellular subscriptions).

Offer it to the local government with great promises of recording license plates, coordinating travel, identifying individuals. They do this often at a reduced cost (like software licensing) upfront, until they are embedded in the local environment.
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Five years go by.
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120,000 installations later, they own their own market. Government without the ability to do these things has handed it to private business ... to do these things... and cooperate with government... now making them an extension of the local government.

20 years pass by as Flock has been purchased by Broadcom, who increases government subscription costs 1200%. Legalized extortion ensues.

10 more years pass and the Flock cameras mostly don't work anymore and the local, Democratically run city government spends $30 million tearing down Flock poles.

ETA -- This guerilla fighting is making me LMAO though....need memory for your computer?

annnnd another one.

Female Officer Tracks Lover's Ex-Wife

A Mooresville police officer is accused of misusing a camera tracking system, WCNC Charlotte reports.

Elizabeth Snowman, 36, is facing one count of accessing computers. Snowman allegedly used the computers for personal use 31 times. Mooresville Police Chief Ron Campurciani said Snowman used the system to track her boyfriend's ex-wife.

Did anybody ever actually question that this happens?

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Most of the instances will never be reported or never caught.

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During my time in law enforcement, we routinely used the tools available to eliminate officers with poor judgement.

The public never knew about it because the employees had no choice but to resign or be prosecuted. The victims always consented to accepting their resignation as their victory.

You will never know how many are caught if it’s not reported.