MANVEL, Texas (KTRK) — Manvel city council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to end its use of Flock license plate-reading cameras.<\/p>\n
Mayor Dan Davis said the city would cover the Flock cameras within 24 to 48 hours and give Flock 30 days’ notice that it is ending its contract.<\/p>\n
The city approved a contract for 21 Flock cameras in 2024. Many of the same council members who voted for the measure were speaking out against the cameras Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Flock obviously has turned out to be a huge machine that we were unaware of,” council member David Lands said.<\/p>\n
The same concerns frequently voiced by the public about privacy and misuse are shared by Mayor Davis, who grilled Flock representatives appearing virtually Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Does Flock use our data to train its AI tools?” Mayor Davis asked.<\/p>\n
“That is a part of making our cameras more accurate,” Trevor Chandler, the senior director of public affairs for Flock Safety, said.<\/p>\n
He said the company does not sell customer data.<\/p>\n
At Tuesday’s hearing, Manvel police said that 535 outside law enforcement agencies had access to the city’s Flock data. Most are in Texas, and the rest are in Louisiana.<\/p>\n
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