Oviedo Mayor Confirms Police Used 1 Fake Flock Camera as City Weighs Ban on 8 Readers
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Updated · WESH 2 Orlando · Aug 21
Oviedo Mayor Confirms Police Used 1 Fake Flock Camera as City Weighs Ban on 8 Readers
1 articles · Updated · WESH 2 Orlando · Aug 21
Summary
Mayor Megan Sladek said Friday Oviedo police installed a fake Flock camera and watched it until someone cut it down, adding she had not known about the decoy and did not know who paid for it.
Eight Flock license-plate reader cameras are already under scrutiny after residents packed a Monday council meeting, with critics citing privacy, inaccuracy and misuse concerns while at least one resident urged the city to keep them for security.
Oviedo police told the council the real cameras are limited to certain investigations and governed by weekly audits, user training and access restrictions, while Chief Dale Coleman said the department had not explained the system well enough.
A Flock representative is now set to attend an upcoming work session, and the council plans to consider a resolution on Sept. 10 to discontinue the cameras.