The city of Dunwoody is holding off on signing a new deal with Atlanta-based Flock Safety, at least until it gets answers about who can potentially access its data.
It comes as a growing number of cities across the U.S. are deactivating their Flock cameras or canceling their contracts over fears of mass surveillance. Some have also cited reports of them being used to aid federal immigration efforts in their decision.
Dunwoody Police Major Patrick Krieg clarified for council members on Tuesday that while Immigration and Customs Enforcement does not have direct access to its Flock database, the agency can ask local police departments to conduct immigration-related searches on its behalf.
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