Long Island pol wants tony town to rip up Flock camera deal

Source: New York Post

A Long Island pol is demanding her tony town rip up its contract with Flock Safety over privacy concerns and the tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on fixing its vandalized surveillance cameras. Southold Democratic Councilwoman Alexa Suess says she wants to shred the wealthy North Fork town’s $37,000 deal over concerns about the controversial surveillance company’s murky data-sharing policies, issues regarding privacy and stopping potential misuse, and the public funds blown repairing and replacing cameras that vigilante vandals repeatedly destroy. “[Flock Safety’s] a data aggregation platform that’s marketed as a law-enforcement tool,” Suess said during last week’s town-board meeting.