It took two years, resident Barry Brown regularly speaking at council meetings, seven SCA articles and widespread pressure on the city council by residents, to rein in the burgeoning engineering fees charged by Bolton & Menk.
Now, the council has hammered out a compromise we can live with.
It started with a letter that flew under the radar: A small bedroom community taking on a $7.5B national company with strong ties to law enforcement, and thanks to determined residents, bagging the spy camera and chasing it out of town.
A true David and Goliath story.
Some items of interest from the Shorewood council meeting:
– Flock ALPR camera audit discussion
– Mill Street water main issues
– Excelsior Fire District report
At the April 27 Shorewood council meeting, City Administrator Marc Nevinski stated that due to a code change, the city no longer assesses properties for water improvements. SCA carefully monitors activities at the city and his statement surprised even us.
After some research, this is what we found:
Since finding out the impact of Flock Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) in our cities, SCA has dug into a black hole of surveillance information.
Flock sells itself as a friend of law enforcement and a safety advocate. It often contradicts its own guidelines. Intentional or not, those contradictions cause questions and distrust.
If your neighborhood has Flock Safety cameras mounted at intersections in your city, the FBI may soon be watching every vehicle that passes through, in near real time, without a warrant.
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